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Who's Who in Pennsylvania (1939)
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Who's Who in Pennsylvania
The A. N. Marquis Company, 1939, 1053 pages
The title page notes that this publication is "A biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia."
From the Preface:
"It has been the aim of the publishers to gather into a single handy volume, brief, dependable personality sketches of the leading men and women of the various localities herein represented....Here are listed and biographically photographed 13,127 men and women who have "achieved" not only for themselves and their respective communities, but many of them also for the nation."
This publication covers thousands of Pennsylvanians living in all parts of the state, and coming from all walks of life. Although some are shorter and some are longer, the following represents a typical entry:
"DOUGHTY, Howard Ewing, pres. and gen. mgr. Lorenson-Matthews Mfg. Co.; b. Phila., Pa., Aug 1, 1891; s John and Grace (Hirst) D.; student high sch., Phila., 1905-08, Internat. Corr. Schs., 1907-09; m. Alida Hay, June 30, 1914; Children--Leona, John, Franklin. Draftsman Link Belt Co., Phila. Pa., 1910-12; chief elk. Gifford-Wood, Hudson, N.Y., 1912-26; pres. and gen. mrg. Lorenson-Matthews Mfg. Co., steel fabricators, Dickson City, Pa., since 1928. Mem. Scranton (Pa.) Chamber of Commerce. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Kiwanis (Scranton, Pa.); Abington Men's (Clarks Summit, Pa., pres.). Home: 211 Grove Av., Clarks Summit, Pa. Office: Dickson City, Pa."
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SKU: MRBG17
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