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Title	John Albert Forehand, 1906
Date	1906
Notes	Caption on image: Manager, The Postal Telegraph Cable Co . Cartoons and Caricatures of Seattle Citizens (page 50) . Photographs from which these pen and ink sketches were produced have been furnished principally by James & Bushnell and E.S. Curtis. Engravings by the Art Engraving Company. Published by the Associated Cartoon Service. Artwork by A. Bobbett.
Contextual Notes	John Albert Forehand (1862-1940) was born and grew up in Indiana. He began his lifelong career in telegraphy as a messenger boy for the Western Union Telegraph Company when he was sixteen. He came to Seattle in 1889 as chief operator for Western Union. In 1890, he began work for the Postal Telegraph Cable Co., for which he became manager. He was married twice, first to Ivah Shoals Gormely, who died three years after their wedding. He then married Grace Nelle Le Cornu.
Digital Collection	Portraits Collection
Order Number	POR1695
Ordering Information	To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number
Negative Number	UW37079
Repository	University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections
Repository Collection	979.743 C249
Object Type	Engraving image