Drum Recorder and Drive
name: label: maker
content: A. Hahl & Co.
label: maker
content: Thomas, Seth
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the bracket of this drum recorder reads “A. Hahl & Co. Baltimore, MD.” That on the clock movement reads “Seth Thomas Thomaston Conn 7.” August Hahl was a German who arrived in the United States in 1870, and settled in Washington, D.C. He moved to Baltimore in 1874. Seth Thomas was a clock maker, and the name of a clock-making firm. Thomaston, once a section of Plymouth, Connecticut, was incorporated as a separate town in 1875.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Wofford College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.325966
label: accession number
content: 256314
label: catalog number
content: 325966
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drum Recorder and Drive
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 cm x 35.5 cm x 25.3 cm; 7 15/32 in x 13 31/32 in x 9 31/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/8 in x 14 in x 10 1/16 in; 18.0975 cm x 35.56 cm x 25.55875 cm