A truthful correction

This is the kind of honesty that lets descendants trust the whole telling. We keep what is true and release what the record will not carry.

New Theatre Electrical Work and the Correction facsimile — Electrical work kept distinct from stage mechanism

Architectural project article / 1909

A beloved story receives its boundary

The contemporary record gives Pattison Brothers important electrical work, but gives the revolving stage mechanism to Hagen and Falkener. The correction does not weaken the family story; it makes it honorable.

Where this page comes from The Architect, 1909

Why it changes the telling This is the kind of honesty that lets descendants trust the whole telling. We keep what is true and release what the record will not carry.

How far it carries us It supports the firm's electrical role and corrects the older family memory about the revolving stage mechanism.

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New Theatre Electrical Work and the Correction

NEW THEATRE ELECTRICAL WORK AND STAGE-MECHANISM CORRECTION The Architect / New York Architect, 1909 Local OCR note from page-image extraction.

The stage mechanism was invented and designed by Mr. Claude L. Hagen, technical director of the New Theatre. Mr. Arthur Falkener, consulting engineer, was in charge of the detail designing and execution of all the stage work. The electrical equipment throughout the building, including the lighting of auditorium and stage, elevator work and electrical appliances generally, were designed and executed under the direction of Pattison Bros.