T-Shirt
- Description
- Black T-shirt created for a memorial event held in memory of Robert Speisman. The shirt includes printed text on the front: "Speisfest | September 8, 2007." On the back of the shirt is an image of a white guitar, upside down, with printed text: "In Memory of all those lost on 9/11 | Acoustic Show & Poetry | Speisfest '07."
- Historical Notes
- Queens native Robert Speisman lived in Irvington, New York. He and his wife, Rena, had three daughters. On Sundays for more than a decade, he rose early to play basketball in a league. Robert was an executive vice president at the Lazare Kaplan diamond firm. On September 11, after visiting his daughter at college in Washington, D.C., he boarded Flight 77 to Los Angeles on business. He was 48 years old.
Curator's Comment
Robert Speisman's brother, Steven, holds a concert every year to remember those lost on 9/11.
- Accession Number: C.2009.323.22
- Dimensions: 30 in X 38 in
- Dimensions (Metric): 76.2 cm X 96.52 cm
- Source: Joyce Speisman
- Credit Line: Gift from the family of Robert Speisman in his loving memory
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