Brown Street Clock Company
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The Brown Street Clock Company of Monessen, Pennsylvania manufactured street clocks in the early twentieth century. It was a family owned company run by H.R. Brown and his three sons and all parts of the clock were made in the Monessen Valley.[1] Many of these clocks were sold to and used by jewelers as signs for their businesses as they were marketed in , a major industry publication.[2] Their cast iron clocks were considered to be more affordable and resilient than those of other manufacturers.[3]
Steve Schmidt's "Brown Street Clock Registry" attempts to document information about the clocks.[4] Among the clocks he has documented is the , in Loveland, Colorado, installed in 1910 in front of Brannan Brothers Jewelry Store (1886), 239 East 4th Street, now "Garment Gal's", at 40°23′44″N 105°04′25″W / 40.39553°N 105.07357°W.[citation needed] Other clocks whose history have been documented, included Guido's in Champaign, Illinois[3][5] Lane Jewelers in Columbus, Ohio,[2] and one in front of the Orlando Sentinel's offices.[6]
A clock originally installed for the R.G. Gordon jewelry store in Las Vegas, New Mexico was subject to restoration and re installation.[7][8] One originally made for Gates Mills, Ohio was donated to the Henry Ford Museum in 1979.[9]
References[]
- ^ Vivian, Cassandra (2002). Monessen: A Typical Steel Country Town. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-7385-2383-5.
- ^ a b Williams, Chuck (January 19, 2018). "Century-old sidewalk clock in downtown Columbus lost to the changing times". Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ a b Blakeman, T. J. (August 30, 2019). "The Clocks of Downtown Champaign". champaignhistory. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "Brown Street Clock Registry".
- ^ Kacich, Tom (August 30, 2019). "Tom's #Mailbag, Aug. 30, 2019". Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Dowell, Stephen (January 31, 2021). "Picture Challenge: Can you guess what this is?". Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ News, KUNM. "MON: N.M. County Commissioner And Cowboys For Trump Leader Arrested In D.C. Over Capitol Riot, +More". 2021-01-18. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Lowery, Ryan (January 7, 2021). "'Missing' piece of Vegas returned to Douglas Avenue". Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Bryan, Ford R. (November 1, 1995). Henry's Attic: Some Fascinating Gifts to Henry Ford and His Museum. Wayne State University Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-8143-3617-5.
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- Clock manufacturing companies of the United States