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Norm is inspired to build his own roll top desk.
Norm visits the Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington, Massachusetts. Built
in 1860, the mill was purchased in 1864 by German immigrant
woodworkers, Charles and Frederick Schwamb. The brothers did a
brisk business crafting the oval picture frames that, at the time,
were in demand to display photographs of Civil War soldiers. In the
Schwamb Brothers' old office, Norm spies a handsome quarter-sawn
oak roll top desk, which inspires him to build his version of this
American classic.
