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Desk of Stanton Griffis

2009-2092
Accession Number
2009-2092
5x7 inches (13x18 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348547612
Related Collection
Griffis, Stanton Papers
Keywords
Bombs
Businessmen
Desks
Offices
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Description
This photograph shows Stanton Griffis's desk sometime after the Wall Street bomb exploded on September 16, 1920. Apparently, one of the two paperweights on top of the notebook is a piece of iron used to make the bomb that came through the window and landed on his desk taking a chunk of mahogany with it. Fortunately he was a few minutes late for work that day because of a dog he was caring for. The iron became his favorite paperweight.
Date(s)
ca.
September 1920