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- Hallock Time Clock, circa 1935 -
- circa 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Hallock Time Clock, circa 1935
- Letter from Miller Reese Hutchison regarding Donating Thomas Edison Time Cards to Henry Ford Museum, January 8, 1930 -
- January 08, 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Miller Reese Hutchison regarding Donating Thomas Edison Time Cards to Henry Ford Museum, January 8, 1930
- Woman Using Time Clock at the Main Plant, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1911 - Employees at the H.J. Heinz Company main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, began and ended their workdays in the Time Office. Henry Heinz himself worked to design and construct this building, referred to by the company as "a combination of elegance, splendor and beauty." Here you can see the row of time clocks where employees would check in and out for work each day.
- 1911
- Collections - Artifact
Woman Using Time Clock at the Main Plant, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1911
Employees at the H.J. Heinz Company main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, began and ended their workdays in the Time Office. Henry Heinz himself worked to design and construct this building, referred to by the company as "a combination of elegance, splendor and beauty." Here you can see the row of time clocks where employees would check in and out for work each day.
- Larkin Company Trade Catalog, "A Practical Plan of Saving: The Larkin Idea of Factory-To-Family Dealing," circa 1906 - John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- circa 1906
- Collections - Artifact
Larkin Company Trade Catalog, "A Practical Plan of Saving: The Larkin Idea of Factory-To-Family Dealing," circa 1906
John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- Thomas Edison Punching the Time Clock on His 74th Birthday, February 11, 1921 -
- February 11, 1921
- Collections - Artifact
Thomas Edison Punching the Time Clock on His 74th Birthday, February 11, 1921
- Time Office, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1905 - Employees at the H.J. Heinz Company main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, began and ended their workdays in the Time Office, which contained the employee time clocks. The Time Office was designed with ornate details inside and out. Henry Heinz himself worked to design and construct this building, calling it "the gem in the setting."
- circa 1905
- Collections - Artifact
Time Office, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1905
Employees at the H.J. Heinz Company main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, began and ended their workdays in the Time Office, which contained the employee time clocks. The Time Office was designed with ornate details inside and out. Henry Heinz himself worked to design and construct this building, calling it "the gem in the setting."
- Fordlandia Time Clock, Destroyed in the Riot of December 1930 - In 1928, Henry Ford established Fordlandia in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. Ford hired indigenous workers to clear the forest, plant rubber trees and build infrastructure. Though he paid good wages, Ford also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. Workers revolted against Ford's managers on several occasions during the first years of operations.
- December 22, 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Fordlandia Time Clock, Destroyed in the Riot of December 1930
In 1928, Henry Ford established Fordlandia in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. Ford hired indigenous workers to clear the forest, plant rubber trees and build infrastructure. Though he paid good wages, Ford also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. Workers revolted against Ford's managers on several occasions during the first years of operations.
- Women Employees Repairing Time Clocks, Willow Run Bomber Plant, May 1943 - Women represented approximately one-third of the workers at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant, where they did everything from clerical work in the offices to riveting and welding on the assembly line. During World War II, women joined the workforce in record numbers to take on essential jobs traditionally held by men who had joined the armed forces.
- May 10, 1943
- Collections - Artifact
Women Employees Repairing Time Clocks, Willow Run Bomber Plant, May 1943
Women represented approximately one-third of the workers at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant, where they did everything from clerical work in the offices to riveting and welding on the assembly line. During World War II, women joined the workforce in record numbers to take on essential jobs traditionally held by men who had joined the armed forces.
- Time Card Punched by Thomas Edison at His West Orange Laboratory, for the Week Ending September 17, 1912 -
- September 17, 1912
- Collections - Artifact
Time Card Punched by Thomas Edison at His West Orange Laboratory, for the Week Ending September 17, 1912
- Courtyard and Time Clock Building, H. J. Heinz Company Main Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1905 - The Time Office (domed building seen here) at the H.J. Heinz Company main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, contained the employee time clocks. The building was designed with ornate details inside and out. Henry Heinz himself worked to design and construct this building, calling it "the gem in the setting."
- circa 1905
- Collections - Artifact
Courtyard and Time Clock Building, H. J. Heinz Company Main Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1905
The Time Office (domed building seen here) at the H.J. Heinz Company main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, contained the employee time clocks. The building was designed with ornate details inside and out. Henry Heinz himself worked to design and construct this building, calling it "the gem in the setting."