clocks and watches

Salle du conseil; 1. Détail d'un panneau; 2. Cheminée; 3. Console; 4. ...

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Cour de marbre; 1. Motif décoratif central; 2. Attique.

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[The mechanical system of a clock driven by weights and pendulum]

Illus. in: Theatrum machinarium, oder, Schau-Platz der Heb-Zeuge .... Leipzig : Zufinden bey dem Autore und Joh. Friedr. Gleditschens seel. Sohn : Gedruckt bey Christoph Zunkel, 1725. Published in: The traditi... More

[Details of a chronometer designed by John Harrison]

Illus. in: The principles of Mr. Harrison's time-keeper; with plates of the same. London : Printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark and sold by J. Nourse, 1767. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmar... More

Tokei to takarabune no kakejiku - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a painting of a ship on a scroll or wall hanging and the face of a clock on a wooden box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More

Der Uhrmacher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man making a small clock in a clock making shop.

[Pendulum or oscillating clock mechanisms, showing escapement mechanis...

Illus. in: Horologium oscillatorium / Christiaan Huygens. Parisiis : Apud F. Muguet, 1673. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 272.

[Clock for the House of Representatives chamber flanked by American In...

Photograph of design drawing for clock with maquettes of figures by William H. Rinehart. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 120. Notations: Figures by Rhinehart; M.C. Meigs, Capt. of Engineers; ... More

Clock, old House of Representatives. Washington DC sterescope card, 19...

On mount: Stereoscopic Views of Washington, City. No. 51; No. 16. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Yokohama kenbutsu zue - Public domain portrait painting

Japanese print shows a foreign visitor standing outside a building in Yokohama, Japan. He is looking up and appears to be thinking, his thoughts depicted on the right, outside the space occupied by him, as a fr... More

Prague. Astronomical clock - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Astronomical clock on side of town hall, Prague, Czech Republic. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a m... More

The jeweler's card - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a blank "Jewelers Card" showing a large variety of clocks and pocket watches, silver tea service and silver trays, rings, necklaces and earrings, and samovars. Publication date based on copyright s... More

[Man standing in front of house with clock]

"W. Bates, maker" on clock. Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The jewelers' circular and horological review, Vol. 5, no. 4

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The jewelers' circular and horological review, Vol. 6, no. 11

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Swiss clock (Wall) - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Williams, Henry T., copyright claimant. Category d... More

Swiss clock (Mantle) - Print, Library of Congress collection

5964 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Williams, Henry T., co... More

Swiss clock (Wall) - Print, Library of Congress collection

5966 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Williams, Henry T., co... More

Swiss clock (Mantle) - Print, Library of Congress collection

5964 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Williams, Henry T., co... More

[Chinese jars and weapons in the Imperial Treasury] / Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 35. No. 940. In album: Yıldız and Topkapı palaces, tombs and Selamlık procession, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul... More

[Chinese jars and cups in the Imperial Treasury] / Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 36. No. 941. In album: Yıldız and Topkapı palaces, tombs and Selamlık procession, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul... More

[Clocks, Chinese jars and weapons of the Ottoman Sultans in the Imperi...

Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 33. No. 938. In album: Yıldız and Topkapı palaces, tombs and Selamlık procession, Istanb... More

Fine diamonds, reliable watches, artistic jewelry, standard silverware...

Print shows cherubs supporting a large pocket watch labeled "fine diamonds", "reliable watches", "artistic jewelry", and "standard silverware". Possibly an advertisement for H.N. Squire, 97 Fulton St., New York... More

[The chronometer repairshop] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Clocks, timepieces, and other items on dining table and on cabinet. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 4. No. 59. In album: Ships, Black Sea lifesaving stations, n... More

The jewelers' circular and horological review, Vol. 11, no. 6

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American Piano & Exchange Co. - Victorian era public domain image

: tradecards,4312 ( tradecards,4312 ) .. Subject (TGM): Boys; Girls; Children misbehaving; Children playing with dolls; Musical instrument industry; Musical instruments; Pianos; Organs; Lease & rental ser... More

[Capt. Isaac Bassett, employee of U.S. Senate for over 60 years, turni...

3557 U.S. Copyright Office.

A hired girl the big farce comedy success.

14047 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: Watch her, she is funny. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3664. Piece missing from upper right side. Forms p... More

[Mr. Dodson, jeweller in Knoxville, Tenn.]

Photo shows Mr. Dodson, half-length, standing, facing slightly left, behind a display of watches, examining a pocket watch. Title from caption card. Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for... More

[Elderly man, seated in front of fireplace, with clock above, reading]...

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A.Q. Scammon's The real Widow Brown

37105 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: An important date with the real Widow Brown. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3909. Forms part of: Theatrica... More

Cats at play - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Title from jacket. "M 19" on transparency. Photograph of painting signed "L. Eug. Lambert." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 029980. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, clock on the balcony

Title from jacket. "G 4105" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043402. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[New York City, Fifth Avenue] - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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New York City, Fifth Avenue - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Street sign: W. 43 St. "G 316" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 31632. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Floral clock, Water [Works] Park, Detroit, Mich.

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[Floral clock, Gladwin Park (Water Works Park), Detroit, Mich.]

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Cats at play, autochrome color photo

Photograph of a painting signed "L. Eug. Lambert." "L.S. Glover" on transparency. Listed in Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Detroit Publishing Co. no. A 29980. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cats at play, autochrome color photo

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[The Clock, Brooklyn Navy Yard]

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[E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, clock on the balcony]

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Poster - Hoyt's A hole in the ground - Public domain lithograph

D11818 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Charles Cowles : his original creation of "The stranger." Created and "copyright, 1900, by the U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cincinnati & New York." Direction, ... More

The Clock, Brooklyn Navy Yard - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Title from jacket. "1073" and "standard time" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 32376. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Cats at play] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The old maid having her picture taken /

"Scene opens in a photographer's studio. A typical old maid, impersonated by Mr. Gilbert Saroni [sic], enters to have her picture made. While the photographer is making his camera ready the old maid walks about... More

Floral clock and tower, Water Works Park, Detroit

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Watch of General Montgomery - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1935:002). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Prologue of the American Revolution" by Justin H. Smith, Century, 65:727 (Mar. 1903).

North front of the Agricultural Palace and the Floral Clock, Louisiana...

H54598 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15066. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Great Floral Clock - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

H50897 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 34. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Massive clock with floral dial and hands 50 ft long north end of Agric...

H52272 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5852. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Agricultural Building and floral clock.

H54240 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Napoleon clock and mantle, Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30068. Also available as photographic print in LOT 9072 D with copy negative LC-USZ62-77656 (b&w film copy neg.) "G 1644"... More

Napoleon clock and mantle, Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

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The Great Floral Clock (accurate timekeeper, 100 feet in diameter) in ...

H52539 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8502. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great floral clock, it's dial 100 feet in diameter, World's Fair, ...

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Floral clock and north end of Palace of Agriculture, from Ceylon Build...

H52973 U.S. Copyright Office. No. S. 136. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Massive clock with floral dial and hands 50 ft long north end Agricult...

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Taken just as the Great Floral Clock struck the half hour, World's Fai...

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Immense floral clock before the Agricultural Building, World's Fair, S...

H51723 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5746. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vʺi︠e︡zd vo dvoret︠s︡ Ėmira v Staroĭ Bukhari︠e︡

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Chasy raboty Voloskova. V Tverkom muzei︠e︡

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Newsies selling at 10 P.M. Boy on left: Joseph Mandi, 11 years old, 24...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1211. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Newsies selling at 10 P.M. Boy on left: Joseph Mandi, 11 years old, 24...

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Izrazt︠s︡ovai︠a︡ pechʹ v Kni︠a︡zhʹem teremi︠e︡. Rostov Velikīĭ

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Izrazt︠s︡ovai︠a︡ pechʹ v Kni︠a︡zhʹem teremi︠e︡. Rostov Velikīĭ

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Saving daylight ends, for 1918, Sunday, Oct. 27th Set your clock back ...

Poster showing Uncle Sam shaking hands with a clock-headed figure. The clock face reads "One hour of extra daylight," and the figure wears a "War service medal." Caption: "Goodbye, Uncle, see you next Spring." ... More

Miscellaneous subjects. Upper half of clock or watch face

Logbook annotation: Hairpin curve on Route 39, Shenandoah Valley, Va. Titles devised.

Electric Institute of Washington. Electric clock with scalloped casing...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. building....

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Telechron electric clo...

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Furniture and other home furnishings. View up stairs with chair, print...

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Telechron electric clo...

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Miscellaneous subjects. 1915 clock

Potomac Electric Power Co. Interior of PEPCO lobby with clock display

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Electric Institute of Washington. Square electric clock mounted on wal...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Electric Institute of Washington. Window display of telechron clocks

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Clock I

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Clock II

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Furniture and other home furnishings. View up stairs with chair, print...

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William Zeigler House, Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia

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[Man looking at his wristwatch]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Shiner Up" by Agnes Sligh Turnbull, American magazine, 105:20 (May 1928).

William Zeigler House, Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-54A. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase... More

To the clock. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Excuse it, please / Oliver Herford. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1929, p. 124.

Woodside, Brooklandville, Baltimore County, Maryland

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Woodside, Brooklandville, Baltimore County, Maryland

Title from photographer's inventory. Related name: Walter H. Buck. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11837-3. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Clock II

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U.S. Capitol. Clock in U.S. Capitol

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Electric Institute of Washington. Window display of telechron clocks

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Electric Institute of Washington. Electric clock with scalloped casing...

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Miscellaneous subjects. Upper half of clock or watch face

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Trigg House, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

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Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Clock I

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Interior of PEPCO lobby with clock display

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Trigg House, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

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Oak Hill, Aldie vic., Loudoun County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1823. Built by Pres. Monroe. Thos. Jefferson superintended construction Capt. James Hoban was the architect. The first guest was Lafayette. In 1850... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Telechron electric clo...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Telechron electric clo...

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Oak Hill, Aldie vic., Loudoun County, Virginia

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Trigg House, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

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Trigg House, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-44. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More