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dates unverified · Massachusetts

Samuel S. Crocker

Draftsman in the Alden office, later independent — Massachusetts

The Alden associate who actually drew the Bird class in 1921. He appears in this atlas chiefly for that, but the case is a useful reminder that a famous office's name on a design often conceals the hand that drew it.

Role
Associate in John G. Alden's office; drafted Alden design No. 157, dated 1 September 1921
  • 1921Bird class — drawn in the Alden office to a brief from a San Francisco Bay committee
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
  • Only Crocker's role in the Bird design is sourced here. His independent career is real but was not researched in this pass — treat this entry as a stub.

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