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The New York Times / 1928-11-03

Charles remembered

Charles can vanish behind Frank's writing. This paper gives him back responsibility, experience, and weight.

Charles E. Pattison Dies, Edison Pioneer facsimile
Charles E. Pattison obituary identity

Newspaper obituary / November 3, 1928

Charles returns from the station world

The trade item gives Charles six years in Boston Edison station construction and operation. It restores the practical brother to the center of the family undertaking.

Where this page comes from The New York Times, November 3, 1928
Why it changes the telling Charles can vanish behind Frank's writing. This paper gives him back responsibility, experience, and weight.
How far it carries us It carries Charles's station experience and return to the office. It stands beside later career papers rather than replacing them.
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CHARLES E. PATTISON OBITUARY The New York Times, November 3, 1928 Local OCR note.

Source: The New York Times, Saturday, November 3, 1928, p. 19. Internet Archive item: sim_new-york-times_1928-11-03_78_25851 Object/leaf: 18 Wikipedia trail: Edison Pioneers page, reference 19.

Title: CHARLES E. PATTISON DIES. Subtitle: Consulting Electrical Engineer, an Edison Pioneer, Was 64.

Article evidence read from the saved page crop: - Charles Edward Pattison is named in full. - He is described as a member of the Association of Edison Pioneers. - He is described as a partner of Pattison Brothers, consulting electrical engineers of New York. - He died at his home, 39 North Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, N.J.; the article says he had been ill since February. - He was born in New York in 1864, lived in Montclair for thirty years, held A.B. and A.M. degrees from Rutgers, and received an honorary E.E. degree in 1909. - He was a Delta Upsilon member and former treasurer of the New York Rutgers Alumni Association.

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