Seth Thomas Alarm Clock
date: label: date made
content: 1908-1913
label: patent date
content: 1908-08-25
name: label: maker
content: Thomas, Seth
notes: label: Description
content: Made about 1908-1913, this clock features an eight-day movement with “long alarm” based on US Patent No. 896734 awarded to E. B. Latham and J. Walker of New York, New York. They assigned the patent to Seth Thomas Clock Co. of Thomaston, Connecticut.
label: Description
content: The clock features an alarm that rings continuously for 20 minutes unless turned off. Once set, the alarm also rings routinely at the same time daily.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Timekeeping
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Robert G. Rolfe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0058.01
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0058.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0058
label: catalog number
content: 1997.58.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clock, alarm, seth thomas
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 8 1/4 in x 4 7/8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.955 cm x 12.3825 cm