Time Clock, International Time Recorder

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Object Details

manufacturer

International Time Recording Company

maker

International Time Recording Company

Description

This is a factory time clock made about 1915 by the International Time Recording Company of Endicott, New York. In workplaces around the world, employees came to use such a clock to stamp their arrival and departure times on a card, and workplace managers used that information about time and attendance for payroll.

Credit Line

Gift of IBM Corporation; Dept. of Arts and Sciences

date made

1915

ID Number

ME.328538

catalog number

328538

accession number

272366

Object Name

time clock

Measurements

overall: 46 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in x 13 in; 118.11 cm x 44.45 cm x 33.02 cm

place made

United States

United States: New York

Related Publication

Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America

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Exhibition

American Enterprise

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

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