Ithaca Calendar Clock Company items
Scope and content
Illustrated catalogue description of some of the clocks offered for sale, circa 1870; galley proofs of two articles for New York State Antiques magazine, one on calendar clocks in upstate New York (by Jerome Kates), the other on the Ithaca Calendar Clock Company in particular (by John G. Brooks), both articles undated; and a typescript copy of an article from the centennial number of the Ithaca Journal, October 28, 1939, on the history of the company. Also, a typescript essay, "Ithaca Calendar Clocks," by John G. Brooks, February 3, 1941 (13 pages).
Dates
- circa 1870-1941.
Creator
- no primary creator (Person)
- Brooks, John G. (Person)
- Kates, Jerome. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
Ithaca, New York was the home of the first calendar to be operated by clock machinery, invented by J.H. Hawes and patented in 1853.The Ithaca Calendar Clock Company was founded in 1868. It flourished until the early 1900s, but then demand declined, and it went out of business in 1918.
Biographical / Historical
John G. Brooks was the president of the DeWitt Historical Society in Ithaca for many years.
Extent
4 items. (4 items.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
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- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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