Ornate Desk Box
Credit LineGift of Richard Costley-White, 2003.
Object number2003.018.011
Label TextThis ornate desk box was used by Walter J. Blackburn or another member of the Blackburn family at the corporate office. Josiah Blackburn, grandfather of Walter, bought a weekly newspaper and named it The London Free Press in 1852. In addition to the newspaper, the Blackburn family acquired radio and eventually television stations, sparking the beginning a media empire that would carry into over 100 years.
NameBox, Letter
c. 1880-1910
c.1880's
Arrington Boxes
