John W. Bowser was born in present-day Aurora, Ontario in 1892 and in the coming years worked on many construction jobs in and around Toronto, most notably the Royal Ontario Museum and the Bank of Toronto building. Although those were minor roles, it was overall a good start to his career. Sometime around 1930, he headed to New York to start work as the project construction superintendent for the famous Empire State Building, an important title. After completing the project ahead of time, he headed back to Canada and worked…
