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Clocks & watches
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks V7:367-377/5106-5107
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Philadelphia Record
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Belber Building (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Collectors.
- Time.
- Clock & watch making.
- Towers.
- Daylight savings.
- Clocks & watches.
- Jewelry.
- Alarm clocks.
- Local Subjects:
- Collectors.
- Time.
- Clock & watch making.
- Towers.
- Daylight savings.
- Clocks & watches.
- Jewelry.
- Alarm clocks.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gift of the Philadelphia Record
- Physical Description:
- 107 photoprints : silver gelatin
- Place of Publication:
- 1923-1946
- Summary:
- Images of a variety of clocks, including grandfather clocks, water clocks, alarm clocks, time clocks, wonder clocks, mystery clocks, a Chinese clock, and the world's largest clock. Illustrates Big Ben, clock towers (especially at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Bldg., New York), and the neon clock atop the Belber Bldg., Philadelphia. Depicts daylight savings time. Some images of clock-making shops and clock collections. Includes views of watches, highlighting large, small, antique, and unusual pieces. Depicts fashionable watches. Shows watchmaking, watch repair, and a watch school for disabled veterans. Contains a view of watches donated to the armed forces.
- These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and
- Notes:
- Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue Collection; for general information, see collection record.
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