Intercom Speaker
Photo credit: Jin S. Lee
Accession Number: C.2011.1147.1
Dimensions: 4.75 in X 4 in X 4 in
Dimensions (Metric): 12.065 cm X 10.16 cm X 10.16 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 12.065 cm X 10.16 cm X 10.16 cm
Source: Howard and Allison Lutnick
Credit Line: Gift of Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman & CEO, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.
Squawk Box
Description
Intercom speaker, known as a squawk box from the Los Angeles offices of Cantor Fitzgerald. Model/Manufacturer info: IPC Bridge, model number B9155, serial number 1473.
Intercom speaker, known as a squawk box from the Los Angeles offices of Cantor Fitzgerald. Model/Manufacturer info: IPC Bridge, model number B9155, serial number 1473.
Historical Notes
Intercoms allowed financial services firms in the World Trade Center to communicate with satellite offices in other cities simultaneously. On 9/11, employees of Cantor Fitzgerald, located high in the North Tower, used these speaker systems known as squawk boxes to seek information from coworkers outside of New York City who were watching or listening to the unfolding news from lower Manhattan. Colleagues in other cities confirmed that a plane had crashed into the North Tower and tried to obtain information that might lead those trapped above the impact zone to safe exit routes.
Intercoms allowed financial services firms in the World Trade Center to communicate with satellite offices in other cities simultaneously. On 9/11, employees of Cantor Fitzgerald, located high in the North Tower, used these speaker systems known as squawk boxes to seek information from coworkers outside of New York City who were watching or listening to the unfolding news from lower Manhattan. Colleagues in other cities confirmed that a plane had crashed into the North Tower and tried to obtain information that might lead those trapped above the impact zone to safe exit routes.
Curator's Comment
The squawk box donated to the 9/11 Memorial Museum by Howard Lutnik, Chairman and Chief Executive Officers of Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., was used in Cantor Fitzgerald’s satellite offices in Los Angeles and is similar to the intercom tools in use at the firm's New York offices on September 11, 2001.
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The squawk box donated to the 9/11 Memorial Museum by Howard Lutnik, Chairman and Chief Executive Officers of Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., was used in Cantor Fitzgerald’s satellite offices in Los Angeles and is similar to the intercom tools in use at the firm's New York offices on September 11, 2001.
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