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Book/Printed MaterialImage 1 of [On German Clockmakers] Pt ORIGINAL MSS OR FIELD NOTES Check one PUB Living Lore in New Forjand Connecticut TITLE Connecticut Clockmaker 01444aw WRITER Francis Donovan DATE 121138 IDS CHECKER SOURCES GIVEN 4 _Interview PP 23...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 2 of [On German Clockmakers] LiOng Lore in Notp series Federal Writers Project Connecticut F Donovan Thomaston Conn December 11 193V ON GERMAN CLOCKMAKERS W Davis had an interesting sidelight on the German clockmakers the first sour...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 3 of [On German Clockmakers] They learned their trades mostly in homes as some of them may have told you And speaking of homework for the factories there used to be plenty of that done around here...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 4 of [On German Clockmakers] And dont let anyone tell you that weather doesnt affect clocks When I worked for a while in the watch division I can remember them putting watches in a refrigerator and adjusting...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 5 of [On German Clockmakers] 4 Sure weather affects clocks thats pretty generally known The balance movements will vary more than the pendulum though We made the finest railroad movement in the country over at the old...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 6 of [On German Clockmakers] In those days they had about 1000 to 1 goo hands throughout the three plants and if I remember rightly they had about eight clerks that was their whole office force They...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 7 of [On German Clockmakers] Moses Ariel Grand Street Yankee Employed for 40 years by Seth Thomas Clock Co retired eight years ago Well young man I dont know that I can help you much I think...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 8 of [On German Clockmakers] Mr Ariel arose to call my attention to an old fashioned square faced pendulum clock the dial discolored with age BS opened the lower door of the case to disclose a pasted...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 9 of [On German Clockmakers] I remember the last few years I worked there theyd got to speeding things up I used to watch them drilling plates for instance Theyd never bother to get em level rirst...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 10 of [On German Clockmakers] I heard the young fellow tell about a lad he knows wheel truer working under those conditions Be said the lad didnt make any attempt to get the work done right Xust...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 11 of [On German Clockmakers] Friends had written me about clock making in Connecticut so I eventually landed in Thomaston But when I got here I couldnt get into the clock shop I had to take a...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 12 of [On German Clockmakers] I dont subscribe to the belief that weather affects the movements There may be a difference but it is slight But know thai weight clocks are the best timekeepers The astronomical 15...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 13 of [On German Clockmakers] I had the good fortune today to come upon three of the old timers in one of their favorite hangouts the Thomaston fire department headquarters They were George Richmond previously interviewed William...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 14 of [On German Clockmakers] had to go it would be some of those damn foreigners Aaron came to our house when he heard about it and asked her if she needed a job She said she...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 15 of [On German Clockmakers] So them that was arguin for the town claimed the church spire stood on town property Randall T Andrews him that used to awn the furniture store he was a church trustee...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 16 of [On German Clockmakers] since he was nineteen years old he says there were German clockmakers here before him many of them established for years But most of them he believes emigrated during the period immediately...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 17 of [On German Clockmakers] I came to New York all by myelf couldnt speak a word of English And I spent a week down there looking around I had an uncle there and he gave me...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 18 of [On German Clockmakers] 9I went to work on the old Nutmeg alarms and the number ten movements and then I was transferred upstairs where the marine clocks were made and worked on the Locomotive ieerthat...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 19 of [On German Clockmakers] And I found that Just as in ear timing the worker had to have an ear for the work and some who had been successful in other jobs were failures at it...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 20 of [On German Clockmakers] He pointed to a blank sheet dated some time in April 1873 All gone young and old it read in faded inky That meant that P T Barnum was playing in Waterbury...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 21 of [On German Clockmakers] BoTsFoRD ON haGsAllou Francis Donovan Thomaston December 15 1938 ART BOTSFCRD Names have always kind of interested me There was a lot of discussion the time they named Thomaston Some wanted to...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 22 of [On German Clockmakers] Its a fine thing for a community to be named after some outstanding man who put something in to the building of it Thats why Im strong for surnames It would oe...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 23 of [On German Clockmakers] the social life of the co4munity thirty to fifty years ago by means of a number of newspaper clippings describing social events Clockmakers of that particular period were inveterate patrons during the...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 24 of [On German Clockmakers] The minstrel proved a great hit and from then on they were in constant demand For a number of years the club was called upon to open practically all the fairs and...
- Contributor: Kaiser, E.R. - Donovan, Francis
- Date: 1938-12-11