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Advertisement explains the War Savings Stamp program.

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Front and back of War Savings Certificate of Jessie Thomas of 64 Main Street, Thomaston, CT. Completed record of war stamps purchased on back.

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Seth Thomas Clock Company Marine Shop and Marine Pond in Thomaston, CT. The Marine Shop produced clocks with special movements for use on ships.

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Article describing the marine clocks built until c.1922 in the Marine Shop of the Seth Thomas Clock Company in Thomaston, CT. Seth Thomas had government contracts for marine clocks, which required special movements so they would keep correct timeā€¦

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Workers at the Seth Thomas Tower Clock factory hold the hand of the first Colgate Clock, then the largest clock in the world, before its shipment to its destination in Jersey City.

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Facade of the Seth Thomas Clock Factory on South Main Street in Thomaston, CT.

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Seth Thomas Tower Clock Department on Elm Street in Thomaston, CT.

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Newspaper article appealing to the identity of Thomaston as a clock town when describing the movement of American soldiers in WWI.

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Photograph of Seth Thomas Clock Company Tool Room employees (all male, all white) in 1913.

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Modern photograph of the Plume and Atwood factory along the Naugatuck River in Thomaston, CT.
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