Students and instructors of the Bowman Technical School. On back of photo: "Taken November 1935, third floor Ezra F. Bowman". Listed are: Kendig H. Bare, John J. Bowman, Carl H. Groff, James W. Leonard, Samuel S. Bigger, Milton Rice, Leonard Kissinger, Joseph McCarthy, Frank Ganse, Fred Wahl, Benson Murray, Laverne Laube, Daniel North, I. Jay Helm, Warren Ilius, Harry Hart, A. John Hensel, Aaron Diffenderfer, Charles Ezra Bowman, Melvin Raezer, Merle Long, Albert Van Ileer, Henry Crouch, Myron Lockwood, Frank Sperber, Edwin Hirsch, Robert Young, Charles Moon, John Fisher, Harry martin, Howard Mentzer, Harvey Varion, and Charles Reed.
The Bowman Technical School was founded by watchmaker Ezra F. Bowman in 1887 to teach the trade of watchmaking and engraving. During World War I, the Bowman Technical School trained soldiers to repair delicate aviation and naval instruments.
