Westclox alarm clock6/11/2023 ![]() There is something about the craftsmanship, as well as what they represent in our lives, that I find interesting and incredibly beautiful. It didn’t take a psychic to recognize that I was concerned with time!īut, then again, maybe what she really saw that day was how much I loved clocks. I was a college student trying to manage a full load of classes and a job. Now, to be honest, I really didn’t put any stock into the things she said that day. ![]() She said she couldn’t be sure, but she thought maybe I was especially concerned with time, or stressed about a lack of time, or something like that…but whatever it was, she “saw” the image of a clock. Instead, she told me that she saw something about me that had to do with time. She said that it was her policy not to reveal any of those sorts of things that might alter how someone would live their life. But I went along with the two of them, and the supposedly psychic customer offered to tell me what she could “see” about me.Įven though I doubted there was any truth to it all, I decided to play along, but just in case, I also told the woman that I didn’t want her to tell me anything specific, like, how/when I would die, or something significantly fateful. I was very skeptical, and I thought the salesman was pulling a joke on me since he was known around the office as a prankster. (Yes, you read that right!) The salesman returned from lunch right at that time and officially introduced me to the customer, adding in this little known fact. One of the company’s regular customers came in to pick up an order, and little did I know, she was rumored to be a psychic. I also covered the front desk and sales floor during the lunch hour of the salesman, and one day something especially memorable happened. My job was primarily to make phone calls to small ‘mom & pop’ upholstery shops all around the state and check on their supply needs. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917.About twenty years ago, I had a part-time job in college working at an upholstery fabric and foam manufacturing company the same company where my grandfather had worked until retirement. Like all other clocks in the Kennedy house, this one is set to 3:00 to reflect the time of day that John F. In addition to being used simply for telling the time, the alarm could have been an aid to the cook who might have wanted to ensure that a certain dish wasn't left in the oven or on the stovetop too long! Though it is not believed to be a piece that was in the house during Kennedy's time there, it is likely that some type of clock, possibly one of the same model, was located in the kitchen. This particular clock was made between 19, almost the same timespan during which the future President John F. Older early 20th century Big Ben clocks are now often sought after by collectors of antique time pieces. Clocks using the Big Ben name are still manufactured today, although they have undergone many changes over the past 100 years in both style and movement, including electric and digital clocks. The early Big Ben clocks were wind up clocks and had the distinctive peg legs that can be seen on the clock shown here. In just a few years, millions of Big Ben clocks were sold, making it one of the most popular time keeping devices in the country. Beginning production in 1908, the Big Ben model was the first alarm clock to be advertised nationally when an ad appeared in the Septemedition of the Saturday Evening Post. ![]() The clock pictured here is a Westclox Big Ben type 1 model alarm clock. John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS Museum Collection (JOFI 407)
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