"Franklin Eastabrooks Dies at Age of 73" - The fiddle played by Franklin Eastabrooks in the old Willamette Theater in days long gone by has been put in its case.
The man who once turned off The Oregonian on a hand press is dead, and Saturday afternoon member of the Portland Typographical Union will attend the funeral of one of the oldest, best known and best loved printers of the Northwest. Franklin Eastabrooks worked when there was no modern, easy mechanical contrivance to make the job of a printer light. When he did time as a compositor they had to stand at the case and pick and distribute the type by hand. When the typesetting machines came into vogue, Eastabrooks retired from the profession.
He was one of the charter members of the union in Portland and his passing Tuesday, due to pneumonia, caused universal grief among Portland printers. The funeral services will be held in Finley's chapel at 1 pm. Saturday. They called him "Dad," did the old-time boys of the case, and there are few who served in his time who are still at it. Eastabrooks was associated with The Oregonian at different times for 50 years. Until 1880 he was a compositor. Later he went to Shaniko and published the Star. After that he published the Gazette, at Vale.
A few years ago he returned to this city and lived here until his death. A son and a daughter, Nahum and Miss Gertrude Eastabrooks, survive. Mr. Eastabrooks died at his home, 791 Williams avenue. He was 73 years old.
July 10, 1913; Oregonian, p 9
The man who once turned off The Oregonian on a hand press is dead, and Saturday afternoon member of the Portland Typographical Union will attend the funeral of one of the oldest, best known and best loved printers of the Northwest. Franklin Eastabrooks worked when there was no modern, easy mechanical contrivance to make the job of a printer light. When he did time as a compositor they had to stand at the case and pick and distribute the type by hand. When the typesetting machines came into vogue, Eastabrooks retired from the profession.
He was one of the charter members of the union in Portland and his passing Tuesday, due to pneumonia, caused universal grief among Portland printers. The funeral services will be held in Finley's chapel at 1 pm. Saturday. They called him "Dad," did the old-time boys of the case, and there are few who served in his time who are still at it. Eastabrooks was associated with The Oregonian at different times for 50 years. Until 1880 he was a compositor. Later he went to Shaniko and published the Star. After that he published the Gazette, at Vale.
A few years ago he returned to this city and lived here until his death. A son and a daughter, Nahum and Miss Gertrude Eastabrooks, survive. Mr. Eastabrooks died at his home, 791 Williams avenue. He was 73 years old.
July 10, 1913; Oregonian, p 9
"Franklin Eastabrooks Dies at Age of 73" - The fiddle played by Franklin Eastabrooks in the old Willamette Theater in days long gone by has been put in its case.
The man who once turned off The Oregonian on a hand press is dead, and Saturday afternoon member of the Portland Typographical Union will attend the funeral of one of the oldest, best known and best loved printers of the Northwest. Franklin Eastabrooks worked when there was no modern, easy mechanical contrivance to make the job of a printer light. When he did time as a compositor they had to stand at the case and pick and distribute the type by hand. When the typesetting machines came into vogue, Eastabrooks retired from the profession.
He was one of the charter members of the union in Portland and his passing Tuesday, due to pneumonia, caused universal grief among Portland printers. The funeral services will be held in Finley's chapel at 1 pm. Saturday. They called him "Dad," did the old-time boys of the case, and there are few who served in his time who are still at it. Eastabrooks was associated with The Oregonian at different times for 50 years. Until 1880 he was a compositor. Later he went to Shaniko and published the Star. After that he published the Gazette, at Vale.
A few years ago he returned to this city and lived here until his death. A son and a daughter, Nahum and Miss Gertrude Eastabrooks, survive. Mr. Eastabrooks died at his home, 791 Williams avenue. He was 73 years old.
July 10, 1913; Oregonian, p 9
The man who once turned off The Oregonian on a hand press is dead, and Saturday afternoon member of the Portland Typographical Union will attend the funeral of one of the oldest, best known and best loved printers of the Northwest. Franklin Eastabrooks worked when there was no modern, easy mechanical contrivance to make the job of a printer light. When he did time as a compositor they had to stand at the case and pick and distribute the type by hand. When the typesetting machines came into vogue, Eastabrooks retired from the profession.
He was one of the charter members of the union in Portland and his passing Tuesday, due to pneumonia, caused universal grief among Portland printers. The funeral services will be held in Finley's chapel at 1 pm. Saturday. They called him "Dad," did the old-time boys of the case, and there are few who served in his time who are still at it. Eastabrooks was associated with The Oregonian at different times for 50 years. Until 1880 he was a compositor. Later he went to Shaniko and published the Star. After that he published the Gazette, at Vale.
A few years ago he returned to this city and lived here until his death. A son and a daughter, Nahum and Miss Gertrude Eastabrooks, survive. Mr. Eastabrooks died at his home, 791 Williams avenue. He was 73 years old.
July 10, 1913; Oregonian, p 9
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