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3 ORIGINAL E. INGRAHAM CO., BRISTOL, CT ALARM CLOCK BOXES, ca.1920 - 1940; CLOCKS ARE NO LONGER PRESENTCLOCKS WERE NAMED: NATIONAL CALL 7028, NATIONAL CALL 7048 AND SQUARE ALARM
AN EXAMPLE OF THE \'SQUARE ALARM\' CLOCK IS SHOWN IN THE SECOND PHOTOGRAPH AND WAS TAKEN FROM THE BOOK TITLED INGRAHAM CLOCKS & WATCHES BY TRAN DUY LY, 1ST ED. (1998). NOTE THE DATE OF 1940 NEXT TO THE PICTURE INDICATING THAT THIS WAS THE EARLIEST DATE THAT THIS CLOCK WAS FOUND LISTED IN A CATALOG. THE \'NATIONAL CALL\' ALARM CLOCK IS NOT LISTED IN TRAN\'S BOOK BUT SEVERAL EXAMPLES CAN BE FOUND ON LINE BY SEARCHING \'INGRAHAM ALARM NATIONAL CALL\'. THE NATIONAL CALL CAME IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT ROUND STYLES, TWO OF WHICH ARE INDICATED ON THE 2 BOXES (i.e., 7028 AND 7049. IN ONE DESCRIPTION IT WAS STATED THAT THESE NATIONAL CALL ALARM CLOCKS WERE ISSUED IN 1917 AT THE BEGINNING OF WWI. ONE OF THE NATIONAL CALL BOXES HAS THE ORIGINAL CARDBOARD MOUNT AND PAPER INSERT (SEE PHOTOS #7 & 8). IMAGES OF THE INGRAHAM BRISTOL, CT FACTORY ARE SHOWN ON ONE SIDE OF THE SQUARE ALARM BOX (PHOTO #9) AND ON THE NATIONAL CALL PAPER INSERT (PHOTO #7).
BOX OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS ARE:NATIONAL CALL: 4-3/4 x 4-3/8 x 2-1/2-INCHESSQUARE ALARM: 4-3/4 x 4-3/8 x 2-3/4 INCHES
CONDITION OF BOXES IS AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS. SOME WEAR AND SOILING IS OBVIOUS. THE SQUARE ALARM BOX IS PARTIALLY SEPARATED AT THE TOP SEAM ON ONE SIDE AND HAS HAD SOME PREVIOUS REPAIR (DONE VERY WELL) TO ONE SIDE AS IS SHOWN IN THE LAST PHOTO.
BOXES WILL BE SHIPPED BY USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL IN A BOX WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 15 OUNCES.
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