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Illustrations for Elgin Watch Almanac (1873)

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The top illustration shows Father Time reading the 1873 Elgin Almanac. The bottom illustration shows a pocket watch with Father Time on the right, a figure with a globe for a head on the top left, and a figure with a sliver moon for a head on the bottom left.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Illustrator
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Publisher
National Elgin Watch Co.
Collector
Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
Date
1873
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Object Name
Ephemera
Type
Ephemera
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