CLOCK

Description: ARABIC NUMERALS. "MADE BY NEWHAVEN CLOCK COMPANY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. U.S.A." ON FACE OF CLOCK. "THE CABLE COMPANY PIANOS KNOXVILLE, TENN." ON FRONT OF CLOCK BRASS FOLDING HANDLE. BRASS TRIM AND CENTRE ON FACE. BLACK CASE; KNOBS ON BACK FOR ADJUSTMENT AND WINDING. 3.7CM SLOT ON TOP. INSIDE BASE IS DENTED ON TWO SIDES.

History: UPDATE: ON 12 MARCH 2019, MUSEUM STAFF WERE CONTACTED BY EMAIL BY JOAN (BOUCK) PATENAUDE – THE GREAT NIECE OF OBJECT DONOR ELMER R. MCINTOSH. ACCORDING TO PATENAUDE, HER GREAT UNCLE WAS A FORMER CPR CONDUCTOR, RUNNING TRAINS OUT OF LETHBRIDGE. IN HER EMAIL, SHE WROTE, “ELMER WAS A GREAT COLLECTOR OF ALL THINGS…WHEN HE PASSED AWAY MY DAD DONATED [ELMER’S COLLECTED] ITEMS TO BOTH THE GALT IN LETHBRIDGE AND THE GLENBOW IN CALGARY. I WAS ABOUT 12-13 YEARS OF AGE WHEN…I REMEMBER MY DAD DISPOSING OF HIS COLLECTION OF ITEMS.” PATENAUDE ALSO STATED THAT HER FAMILY IS RELATED TO THE HISTORIC JOHN MCINTOSH (1777-1845) WHO GREW AND PROMOTED THE FAMOUS MCINTOSH RED APPLE. ELMER IS JOHN MCINTOSH’S GREAT-GRANDSON BY WAY OF JOHN’S SON ALLEN (1815-1899.