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Wm Schwarzwaelder Desk won at Chicago World's Fair 1893

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    Posted 12 years ago

    dscook
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    This mahogany desk won a gold medal in the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.
    If anyone has any information, or has the desk, I would love to hear about it. The last we heard of it, was that it had been auctioned off in 1923.

    I am the great granddaughter of Wm. O. Schwarzwaelder

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    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 12 years ago
      It's shown in all its' grandeur in recent post past. Beautiful craftsmanship.

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