The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Making of enamel dials for the watch. Copper dial smeared with powdered Enamel are put into an oven. Markings on the dials are stamped. The dials are punched. Final touch is given to the dials.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. The Assembling Department. Men and women at work. Workers assemble watch parts. Dial is fitted on the watch. Hour, minute and second hands are fitted. Timing Adjusting Department performs initial tests on the watches. Watches undergo temperature test in refrigerated and electrically heated cabinets for 24 hours. Hand shows a high quality pocket watch.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. View of the Astronomical Observatory. An old man operates 'Transit' device used to obtain accurate time by observing the passage of stars across the meridian. A 'Chronograph' machine is shown where the time obtained from the 'Transit' is compared with a sidereal clock. Telescope is used for general astronomical observation.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. View of the Wireless Station that broadcasts the correct time and weather reports daily. For sending of time the wireless key is automatically operated by the master clock. Man wearing a headset operates a wireless device in the wireless station.
Robert (Slim) Jones buried alive at a grave during a show in Springfield, Pennsylvania. Rescue party digs him out of his grave when an accident occurred due to the seepage of water in his coffin.
Flood relief operations in Springfield, Massachusetts. A vehicle half sunk in water. A few men beside the vehicle. View of the vehicle beside a few trees and buildings surrounded by water and men in waist deep water. WPA (Works Progress Administration) men sewing garments as part of the flood relief work. Heaps of garments in a room. Men trying on the garments. Few children wearing clothes. WPA men delivering food and clothes to people during the flood relief work. People waiting in lines are provided with food. WPA men stacking things in the back of a truck. The truck moving on a street in water. Men carrying things to houses. A dog with pups. Several dogs on the street. A kitten taken in a basket. Babies in small beds. Nurses taking care of the babies. A baby is fed milk from a bottle. A baby is given a bath. The nurses bath the babies in small tubs. Flood waters flowing among trees. Water gushing through the streets damaging buildings and houses.
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