Wall Clock

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Date

ca. 1965

Manufacturer

Simplex Time Recorder Company

Dimensions

Diameter: 14 × 3 in. (35.6 × 7.6 cm)

Accession Number

2012.007.001

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

In the early 1960s, clocks in the Capitol and the House Office Buildings were outfitted with a row of lights along their top edges. A system of buzzing signals that indicated what action was happening in the House Chamber had become so complex that helpful little lights were added. All the clocks were connected to a central timekeeping system that synchronized them across the many rooms and buildings.

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