Description
?Oak 3-Door Bookcase
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DIMENSIONS:
56 1/2″ wide x 12 3/4″ deep x 62″ tall
All quarter sawn oak
All original glass
Claw feet
12 adjustable shelves
There is a brass plaque mounted above the
center door that states:
“Given in memory of TRUMAN PARMELE HANDY by his
daughter HELEN HANDY NEWBERRY July 1907”
From the research we found, we have determined
that Truman Parmele Handy was a well known financier and banker in Cleveland,
Ohio. His daughter, Helen Handy Newberry was married to John Stoughton Newberry
(a U.S. Representative from Michigan). They had a son Truman Handy Newberry who
was the 39th United States Secretary of the Navy and United States Senator from
Michigan (1919-1922).
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