Just the thing for a Christmas present, Waterbury Watch, Waterbury Watch Co., Waterbury, Connecticut

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Clocks and watches
General
Clocks and watches - General - Folder 2
Just the thing for a Christmas present, Waterbury Watch, Waterbury Watch Co., Waterbury, Connecticut
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Clocks and watches
    - General
      - Clocks and watches - General - Folder 2
        Trade card for J.B. Swett, watchmaker, optician, 87 Main Street, Charlestown, Mass., undated
        Trade card for John F. Foster, practical watch and clock maker, 83 Winter Street, Mansfield, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Dueber Watch Case, T. Dunlap, dealer in watches, clocks and jewelry, 959 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated
        Winton, guardian of the flight of time, Lenox Jewelry Co., 381 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Albert Berger & Co., W.B. & C. watch glasses, No. 47 Maiden Lane, New York, New York, undated
        Announcement for the 8th Wonder or Engle Clock, Stephen D. Engle, jeweler and watchmaker, Hazelton, Pennsylvania, undated
        Trade card for The Waterbury, J.S. Warner, watchmaker & jeweler, Ogdensburg, New York, undated
        Waltham Railroad Watches, A. H. Pond Co. Inc., 214 S. Warren Street, Syracuse, New York, undated
        Trade card for A.C. Tucker, optician, Tucker-Mason Building, South Avenue, Whitman, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Elgin Watches, Flint Brothers, 53 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, undated
        Trade card for Elgin Watches, A.B. & S.W. Skinner, opposite Court House, Keene, New Hampshire, undated
        Billhead for J. V. Kettell & Co., American watches, 376 Washington, corner of Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 16, 1889
        Just the thing for a Christmas present, Waterbury Watch, Waterbury Watch Co., Waterbury, Connecticut (current record)
        Advertisement for The Howard Watch, E. Howard Watch Company, Boston, Mass., circa 1910

Description

Text on the card image reads "A dream of time, Father Time." The card verso has an illustration of the factory in Waterbury, Connecticut. Orders can be sent to Geo. Merritt, general selling agent, 52 Maiden Lane, New York.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
watches
jewelers
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card : illustrations ; 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.022.01.02.013

Image Dimensions

6 3/4 x 4 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007.

Places

Waterbury (New Haven county, Connecticut)
New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Originator

Waterbury Watch Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Father Time (Symbolic character)

Description Level

Item

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