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Background report on Charles H. Parker: incomplete copy

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Description
Typescript background report on engineer Charles H. Parker commissioned by an unknown party and on letterhead of the "International Bureau of Criminal Investigation. North America Branch." The document is undated, but presumably dates to about 1897, the year of Parker's death and the last date referenced in the work (Page 18). According to the report, Parker was a draughtsman who passed himself off as a bridge engineer and building inspector, among other professions. The veracity of the report, which is incomplete and it ends in mid-sentence on the 27th page, has not been confirmed.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
after 1897.
Call number
mssHM 83085
Creator
International Bureau of Criminal Investigation(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006. Gift of Victor Darnell, author of an article on Charles H. Parker, "The National Bridge and Iron Works and the Original Parker Truss" (1998), published by the Society for Industrial Archaeology in "IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology," Volume 24, Number 2 (1998), pages 5-20.
Dimensions
25 cm
Associated people
Darnell, Victor,
Associated organization
Burndy Library,
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