Elgin National Watch Company Items
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content: Jon and Jennifer Hanson Watch and Clock Collection
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content: Jon and Jennifer Hanson Watch and Clock Collection / Series 6: 2014 Addenda / 6.2: Miscellaneous Watch Companies
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content: 1914-1930
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content: Box 14, Folder 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Contains publication advertisements magazines; "We Recommend Elgin High Grade Watches" perforated poster stamps; the Tiny Treasure Book: Gift Information Reference Book; the Time Taking Time Keeping, an illustrated booklet published in the interest of correcting the erroneous ideas prevalent in regard to the correct maintenance of standard time, by the Elgin observatory; and various Mr. Tick-Mouse Two-minute Bedtime Stories from 1916. One of them, "Mr. Tick-Mouse and the Indian fighters," depicts anti-Indian propaganda, with others showing anti-Asian and pro-war propaganda.