CLOCK
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- STONE, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041101
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- STONE, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 14.2
- Length
- 16
- Width
- 4
- Description
- CLOCK IS MADE UP OF BRASS COLORED PLASTIC BASE THAT HAS "BRASIL" RAISED IN RELIEF ON FRONT. CLOCK FACE IS OVAL SHAPED CROSS SECTION OF IGNEOUS TYPE STONE. HANDS ARE MADE FROM BRASS COLORED PLASTIC AND ALL NUMBERS ON FACE ARE MISSING. MOUNTED ON BACK BASE IS BLACK BATTERY POWERED MOTOR UNIT FROM "HALLER QUARTZ".
- Subjects
- TIMEKEEPING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- COMMEMORATIVE
- History
- STONE FACE CLOCK WAS BROUGHT BACK BY DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, AS A SOUVENIR OF HIS TRIP TO BRAZIL. DONOR'S FATHER TRAVELLED OFTEN AS A MISSIONARY OR SPEAKER FOR THE JAPANESE ANGLICAN MISSION. THIS IS ONE OF MANY SOUVENIRS HE BROUGHT BACK FROM SUCH TRIPS. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLYFROM VANCOUVER AND WERE INTERNED IN SLOCAN CITY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. FOLLOWING THE WAR THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE, ALBERTA. AT COALDALE REV NAKAYAMA FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041101
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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