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[Trade catalogs from E. Howard & Co.]

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Variant company name

Est. 1842

Company Name

E. Howard & Co.

Related companies

George E. Townsend ; Howard Watch and Clock Co. (Boston, MA) ; E. Howard Clock Co. ; E. Howard Watch and Clock Co. ; Howard & Davis ; Boston Watch Co.; Howard Time Recorder Co. ; E. Howard Clock & Co. ; Howard Clock Products Inc. ; Howard Clock Sales & Service Corp. (New York, NY)

Date range

1800s-1900s

Record ID

SILNMAHTL_20000

Type of material

Trade catalogs
Trade literature

Notes content

Includes reprints of catalogs ; "Story of Edward Howard and the First American Watch" (Geo. W. Spier, Washington, D.C. printed at bottom of front cover) ; Clocks: astronomical; regulator; grandfather; eight-day marine; watch-clocks for watchmen, electric and magneto; time recorders. Tower and street clocks ; hall clocks ; sidewalk clocks ; office clocks ; bank clocks ; regulators ; railroad clocks ; school clocks ; church clocks ; striking clocks ; watches ; gold standard balances ; electric clocks ; druggists' scales ; United States Post Office letter balances ; post and bracket clocks ; Catalog of watches by E. Howard & Co. compiled by George E. Townsend, 1985. "E. Howard: The man and the company"; booklet published by the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc., 1962.

Includes

Trade catalog and histories
Black and white images
Color images

Physical description

30 pieces; 3 boxes

Place

Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States

Location

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic (Romaine term)

Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)
Measuring; calculating and testing devices

Topic

Calculators
Clocks and watches
Measuring instruments
Weighing instruments

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

SILNMAHTL_20000
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