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| Title | Street clock in front of L.W. Suter Jeweler, Seattle, ca. 1918 |
| Photographer | Seward, Austin |
| Date | ca. 1918 |
| Caption | Street clocks such as this one were popular during the first two decades of the 1900s and were often found in front of jewelry and watchmaking shops. Jos. Mayer and Bros. began in 1897 in Seattle and manufactured many clocks during the first two decades of the 1900s. Joseph Mayer and Bros. assembled this street clock, and many others in Seattle.
This clock was made for L.W. Suter Jeweler, located at 1115 Second Avenue. The clock, like many Mayer Bros. street clocks, has glass windows in the base which reveal the clock mechanism. |
| Notes | Other businesses visible in the photograph include North American Life and Piper & Taft, Inc. Sporting Goods.
Austin Seward worked for both Pierson and Co. and Bainbridge Studio. This photograph is not stamped or otherwise marked with a studio attribution, and is assumed to have been taken by Austin Seward. |
| Subjects | Street clocks—Washington (State)—Seattle; Cars—Washington (State)—Seattle ; Jewelers—Washington (State)—Seattle; Storefronts—Washington State—Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)—Seattle
Second Avenue (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1980.6877.5.52 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph |
| Credit Line | Austin Seward Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Austin Seward Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print on linen backing: b&w; 7.5 x 9.5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS2. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 219 |
