Arthur Frederick Ostrander
Arthur Frederick Ostrander, Sr. (February 14, 1895 - February 1978), was an assistant to the scientist and inventor George Poe in the early 20th century. He toured with Poe from mid-1907 through 1908 while still a child, demonstrating how an artificial respiration device functioned. His assistance to Poe was instrumental in the successful development of the respiration device, as he performed the fine detail work and metal fabrication that Poe could no longer do. His face came to be one of the most well known of the time, having been featured in several large circulation newspapers.
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