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This style of clock is referred to, today, as the double bubble
clock. Double bubble clocks consist of a concurved glass face
which is covered by a equally concurved crystal. The dial face
usually features the advertisement while the crystal features the
numbers. This perticular clock was made for Adco, Inc. of Sedalia,
Missouri USA. Adco is an old company that specializes in
manufacturing and supplying products for the dry cleaning
industry. I acquired this clock, in 2001, from a newly formed
second hand store which was housed in a 1930s era building in
Logansport, Indiana. That building was housed in an old tree
lined neighborhood and was originally a family owned dry cleaning
business that existed from 1936 to 1998. I just happened to be
driving through the neighborhood when I spotted the second hand store
and decided to stop there and try my luck. I was soon
disappointed to find that all the contents in the store mostly
consisted of uninteresting garage sale type items and just when I was
leaving, I happened to look up and notice this clock, hanging over the
front door just it had been since the 1950s. I asked the lady of
the store if she would consider selling the clock. It was apparent that
she had never considered the clock as something to sell. To her
it was just something that came with the building when she purchased it
to becoume her second hand store. She asked me what I'd offer and
when I gave her what I thought was a fair offer, she gladly accepted it
and I wound up driving home with the clock. That was probibly the
only real sale she had for the whole time she was in business. A few
days later, during restoration, I found that the clock worked fine but
the florescent light and transformer were burned out from being
continuously on for many years. I found the exact replacement
florescent light bulb and transformer, which came in one package wired
up and ready to install, at a local hardware store in Carmel. The
clock is now fully restored and works fine.
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