Description | English: Clock face with Roman numerals, showing a time of a quarter to one |
Date | 1906 |
Source | Advertisement in The Smart Set (https://books.google.com/books?id=CX9HAAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=%22smart%20set%22&pg=RA1-PP25#v=onepage&q&f=false) |
Author | Anonymous |
Tag Archives: Clocks
In a Clock Store
Description | English: Illustration from a book published by the Victor Talking Machine Company |
Date | 1920 |
Source | Music Appreciation for Little Children (https://archive.org/details/musicappreciatio00vict/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Backward, Turn Backward, O, Time

Description | English: Cartoon that appeared in Life magazine when railway time was adopted in the United States. Original caption: “BACKWARD, TURN BACKWARD, O, TIME!” Papa: “According to this new standard, Minnie, we must set the clock back about four minutes, eh? ”Minnie (still in the market): “Four minutes! Put it back lots, papa. Nothing less than ten years will do me any good!” |
Date | 1884 |
Source | Life (https://archive.org/details/life03mitc/page/n9/mode/2up) |
Author | W. P. Snyder |