Pocket Watch Commemorating the Introduction of the Photochrom Process in the US, 1896

THF766 / Pocket Watch Commemorating the Introduction of the Photochrom Process in the US, 1896
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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Pocket watch

Subject Date

09 March1896

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2002.98.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Gold (Metal)
Metal

Technique

Engraving (Action)

Color

Gold (Color)

Inscriptions

Engraved Initials on cover: EHH Engraving inside watch cover: In Memory of the Introduction of the Photochrom Process in the U.S. of America 9 March 1896 Paul F. Wild in Zurich Erects this Monument to his Friend E. H. Husher in Detroit.
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