Aug. 8, 1914 A

Aug. 8, 1914 A

Surfside Hotel, Gloucester, Mass.

Notes: “punch”… this may be a reference to a “Detex” clock, used by organizations employing watchmen. The clock kept a (paper) tape record of impressions made by a key which is ‘turned’ in the clock. By examining the tape, a supervisor can verify that the watchman had been at the location of the key at a particular time. See this link for historical information about this surveillance system: http://www.watchclocks.org/ This experience may have been one source of Olney’s lifelong interest in clocks.

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