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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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