Pocket watch owned by Harry T. Moore
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1920s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Illinois Watch Company, American, founded 1879
label: Owned by
content: Harry Tyson Moore, American, 1905 - 1951
notes: label: Description
content: Pocket watch by Illinois Watch Company used by Harry Tyson Moore, Sterling model. It features a circular white face with black hands and numerals. Under the twelve it has the company and model name "ILLINOIS/ STERLING." There is a second smaller face for marking the seconds at the bottom of the main face. The casing is a plain brass colored metal with a loop and ridged crown at top. The back has a faint cross hatching pattern with a small heraldic crest in the center.
place: label: Place collected
content: New Carrollton, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Mims, Brevard County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Juanita Evangeline Moore, daughter; "Skip" Pagan, grandson; and Darren Pagan, great-grandson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.157.2
objectType: label: Type
content: pocket watches
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal and glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 5/16 x 1 11/16 x 5/16 in. (5.9 x 4.3 x 0.8 cm)