Tower Clocks

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.

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...

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...

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....

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.

Scope and Contents This collection includes postcards from Wayne H. Harvey's personal postcard collection. Over a 40 year period, Harvey collected ~50,000 postcards, a small number of which dealt with clocks. This collection includes 52 of those clock-related postcards, as arranged by Harvey.