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Clock, Time Recording
Identifier:
1986.8.40Description:
Watchman's station, hung on wall in factory for security checks. Front door opens. Has swinging bar inside.;place: Paalman Furniture Co, Brothers Forslund Manufactory, Grand Rapids, MI;salvaged from Forslund Factory Office Building.;salvaged from Forslund Factory Office Building. salvaged from Forslund Factory Office Building.;On tag in front: 'Detex/Watchclock/Corporation/New York Chicago/Boston Atlanta/Watchman's Station. '. |Date:
1925 – 1974Materials:
MetalDimensions:
5.75" h 3" w 1.75" dCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift Of Carl Forslund Jr.Exhibit/Program:
Furniture City (1994 – 2013)Furniture City was one of the signature core exhibits installed at the Grand Rapids Public Museum's new Van Andel Museum Center when it opened in 1994. At approximately 10,000 square feet, the exhibit occupied a significant portion of the museum's second floor and contained hundreds of pieces of Grand Rapids Furniture. The exhibition was accompanied by the authoritative book on the subject, "Grand Rapids Furniture", by GRPM curator Christian Carron. The Furniture City exhibit told a comprehensive story of the Furniture Industry in Grand Rapids, from its origins in the years after the Civil War, up to the present day with office and fixed seating manufacturers like Steelcase and American Seating. The exhibition was significantly reduced in size in 2013 to make room for a new gallery and was closed in 2019.
Related Entities:
Detex Corporation (creator)Alternate names: Detex Watchclock Corporation, Newman Clock Company, Newman Watchclock Corporation
The origins of Detex Corporation root back to the Newman Clock Company established by Abraham A. Newman in 1878. The company originally manufactured and sold stationary watchclocks but in 1902 it began to manufacture a portable watchclock called the Newman which could use a station key to emboss the time on a paper located in the interior of the clock. The company was sold to Charles E. Renshaw in 1909 and in the 1920s, he acquired many different clock companies which he merged to create the Newman Watchclock Corporation. A few months later the name was changed to Detex Watchclock Corporation. The company saw much success over the years and in 1964 the name was changed to Detex Corporation. Carl Forslund Jr. (donor)
