Identity area
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Person
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Peterson, Oscar Ethan
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Dates of existence
12/22/1941-07/09/2012
History
Oscar Ethan Peterson Dec. 22, 1941- July 9, 2012. Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Dec. 22, 1941, to Ruth (Rosolack) Peterson and Maj. Ethan Peterson. He was raised in Eau Claire, WI and graduated from Eau Claire's Memorial High School and the University of Wisconsin in Madison. A Telecommunications Engineer for over 40 years, his career encompassed the full range of telephone technology from party lines and operator switchboards in rural Wisconsin to fiber optics in California's Silicon Valley. He was an active member of the Tacoma Historical Society, the Great Northern Railroad Historical Society, and the Tacoma Northwestern Model Railroad where he was President.
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US-WaBuPNRA
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revision: 10 May 2018
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Donor files at Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.