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Safe

Object number2019.33.1

Manufacturer Diebold Incorporated

Date1950-1959

MediumSteel; Metal; Paint; Plastic

Credit LineGift of Carmine Bellini

DescriptionPainted gray rectangular steel fire safe.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 33 × 22 × 24 in. (83.8 × 55.9 × 61 cm)
InscriptionsFront of door has circular combination lock at top center with numbers around perimeter represented with tick marks; every ten tick marks is marked with a numeral from 10 to 100.
MarksFront of door has two metal plates in the top proper right corner:
top plate has text "Diebold / INCORPORATED" and bottom plate has text on the left "Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. / INSPECTED / SAFE / 253741" and on the right "FIRE / CLASSIFICATION / C".

Inside of door has two metal plates at top center:
top plate has text "SPEC F1-D / S.M.N.A. CLASS C / BUILT TO COMPLY WITH / SAFE MANUFACTURERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION / SPECIFICATION FOR / FIRE-INSULATED SAFE / 1Y... / CAT. NO. 2416C" and bottom plate has text "Underwriters Laboratories Inc. / INSPECTED / TOOL RESISTING SAFE / T-20 BURGLARY / ..."
Historical NotesAnthony "Tony" Grosso was a numbers runner who operated an illegal lottery in Pittsburgh. He was convicted of racketeering in 1973, and served 28 months in jail; in the 1970s, he was investigated by the FBI and sentenced to 14 years in federal prison in 1986. This safe was built into the wall of Grosso's bedroom at his home in Mt. Lebanon and sat behind a door designed to look like built-in-drawers. When the FBI served a warrant on Grosso, they brought in a safe cracker to open the unit; unbeknownst to them, Grosso was tipped off and the safe was emptied of its contents.

Previous owner Anthony Grosso

Related institution Federal Bureau of Investigation (founded 1908)

Related institution Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.

Related institution Safe Manufacturers National Association

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