Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
A. Aubrey Bodine Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-425
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several Bodine photographs of several prominent Baltimore clock towers. The photographs are black and white and taken primarily in the 1950s. They are large and most are mounted. This collection also contains a short booklet with brief information about the tower clocks featured in this collection.
Barry Caldwell Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-412
Bell Studio Street Clock Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-444
Content Description
This collection includes photographs, articles, and reports documenting the move of the Bell Street Clock from its former location in South Carolina to the National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia, Pennsylvania.The photographs document the clock's previous location, the dismantling of the clock in preparation for its move, arrival in Columbia, PA, and photographs of other similar Seth Thomas street clocks.There is a schematic of the clock that includes dimensions of...
Frederick Shelley Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-424
Content Description
This collection is comprised primarily of photographic material and illustrations and charts used in the book Early American Tower Clocks, by Frederick Shelley. This includes phtographs and illustrative material used for the dust jacket, introductory pages, and the body of book as well. The informtion included with these illustrative material includes publishing information, as well. This includes the pages the photographs are to be printed on as well as to what...
General Time Factory Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-435
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of various photographs related to the General Time Factory in Athens, Georgia. This includes photographs of the factory,employees, and events throughout the latter half of the 20th Century.
The photographs of the factory itself are of the interior as well as the exterior of the factory, including the factory floor and assembly, and the offices in the building as well. There are a number of personnel photographs in this collection, most of them not dated...
Jim West Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-326
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily comprises of presentations and research focusing on clocks. The bulk of the information is about tower clocks in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana. While the collection does focus on the South and Midwest, there is information on tower clocks throughout the United States. This includes postcards, photographs, illustrations, presentations, and research.
The presentations appear to have been used at NAWCC events, such as Regional and National conferences....
Johnson Jewelry Street Clock Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-442
Content Description
This collection details the movement, cleaning, and restoration of a tower clock in Colorado Springs. The collection documents the project of moving the clock and includes background information on the clock, including articles. There are photographs of removing the clock from its location, cleaning and restoration, and reinstallation and placement in its new location on the north side of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum.
Kathleen Pritchard Files
Collection
Identifier: MG-319
Scope and Contents
This collection includes materials of Kathleen Pritchard, a member of the NAWCC, library volunteer, and the author of Swiss Timepiece Makers, 1775-1975, winner of the Swiss Gaia Prize. The material in this collection includes correspondence, files on various companies, slides, and HSN newsletters.
Museum Slides Collection
Series
Identifier: MG-440
Content Description
This collection includes slides of objects, exhibits, and various other elements of the National Watch and Clock. The slides are primarily of museum accessions, exhibits, and loaned items from the latter quarter of the 20th Century. The slides in this collection do not include slides and images of all museum pieces, exhibits, or loans from this time period, and it is unclear why these pieces were chosen for photography. The majority of the slides are of museum objects. There are different...
New York NAWCC Chapter 2 Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-441
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material related to NAWCC Chapter located in New York City (Chapter 2). This includes correspondence, meeting notes, clippings, and other ephemera related to this chapter, as well as the chapter constitution. Additionally, this collection notably contains several hundred photographs of various meetings held by the chapter during the 1960s (and possibly early 1970s as well). These meetings were held in various locations around New York City, and highlights of the...