New Haven Tip Top Traveler Alarm Clock
name: label: manufacturer
content: New Haven Clock Company
notes: label: Description
content: A New Haven Tip Top Traveler small clock, octagonal in shape with two small feet and is made of plated metal with a metal faceplate with painted numbers and markings. The watch glass is made of plastic. The clock hands appear to be also plated ferrous metal. There is a small winding mechanism on the top.
label: Description
content: In the 1910s–1920s, radium was all the rage. A glowing radium watch was a must-have item. In factories, young women painted face dials with radioactive material. Unaware that the paint was harmful, they would place the brush tip on their lips to achieve a fine point.
label: Description
content: After suffering from radium poisoning, several young women sued their employers and brought national attention to the safety of workers. These young women helped create new laws to protect all workers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: New Haven Clock Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.309469
label: catalog number
content: 309469
label: accession number
content: 101542
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Clock
label: Other Terms
content: Clock; Mechanical, Spring-Driven
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: plated-metal, plastic, paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 5.08 cm x 1.905 cm x 3.5052 cm