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Alarm clock

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Collection Type

  • Clocks and timekeeping

Date

1878-1905

GUSN

GUSN-21452

Description

Wind-up alarm clock. Round steel frame w/ paper dial. White w/ black numbers. Round bells w/ loop hooks for carrying at top. Set on small turned steel feet. Glass over dial.

Details

Descriptive Terms

alarm clocks
timepieces
steel (alloy)
Steel
CLOCK, ALARM

Inscription

Printed on dial: ""THE LOOKOUT/ SOL. HOLBROOK/ JEWELER/ WISCASSET, ME./ WESTCLOX, LA SALLE, ILL./ U.S.A.""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

People and Organizations

Sol. Holbrook

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6.5 (H), 4.125 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.3055

Places

Illinois (United States)
Maine (United States)

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