The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Workers work in the Material Department. A display case in the background contains thousands of watch- parts made since 1870. Men work in the Printing Department of the company.
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.
The 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron National Guard being trained in Springfield, Illinois. The squadron gets new six ton armored cars. They learn 'Blitzkrieg' method of war. Men aboard the cars advancing on a field. Aircraft in flight overhead. They aim anti-aircraft guns from the cars at the aircraft.
Aftermaths of a flood in Springfield, Massachusetts. Several newspaper headlines about the damage caused by the flood in Massachusetts. WPA (Works Progress Administration) men on roads clearing debris. The men clear mud from the roads with snowplows. Bricks on a road during repaving work. The men during reconstruction work on the streets. A man on a telephone pole repairing wires. A man clearing debris in front of a house. A man washing the door of the house. Few men outside houses. A man moving furniture from the second story of a building surrounded by water. A man washing the furniture. Damaged houses and buildings. Furniture outside the houses. Damaged buildings on the shore of a water body. A few men among the debris. Buildings surrounded with water. 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. (Great Depression period)
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