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Name	Griffith, Stanwood C.
Dates & places of birth and death	b. 5 Apr 1926, Shabbona, DeKalb Co., Illinois d. 2 Nov 2013, Ashton, Lee Co., Illinois
Occupation	Owned Griffith Lumber Company in Stillman Valley, Ill. Amateur Photographer; authored or co-authored two books - Denver Tramways (Electric Railroads Number 30), Mile-High Trolleys. A Nostalgic Look At Denver In The Era Of Streetcars (With) Denver Tramways.
Notes	He served in the Army Air Force as part of the 79th Fighter Group in Europe in World War II. He played bassoon in the University of Illinois Concert Band, and for nearly 10 years in the Rockford Symphony. See paper he wrote entitled "Can You Top This?", which describes his many Fantrips both in the U. S. and abroad. This can be found at: https://docslib.org/doc/12159406/can-you-top-this-reminiscences-of-my-trolley-adventures-dating-back-to-just-before-world-war-ii-by-stanwood-c The Stanwood C. Griffith collection of photographs and artifacts, is primarily photographs taken by Mr. Griffith in 1948 during the final ride on the Texas Electric Railway system after stockholders and management agreed to abandon the system. Mr. Griffith was one of the twenty-six members of CERA that came to Dallas on July 3rd and 4th, 1948 to photograph locations as they rode over the system in their special railcar. He has gifted the museum with all of his materials concerning the Texas Electric Railway via Johnnie J. Myers.
Relationships	Stanwood John Griffith, father; Betty Wingert , mother; Frances Spangler, wife; Alan Lee and Mark D. Griffith, children.
Places of residence	Ashton, Illinois
Role	Photographer
Education	University of Denver

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