Bromo Seltzer Tower Building

Sold

Stock #:39280
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: Baltimore
State: Maryland (MD)
County: Baltimore (city)
Publisher: Emerson Drug Co.
Postmark: 1912
Stamp: 1C
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
Total height of tower, 357 feet. The bottle on top a fac-simile of the regular ten cent Bromo-Seltzer bottle but about 10,000,000 times larger, is 51 feet high of 107 feet per minute. There are 596 electrical in Bottle and Crown surmounting it, which can be seen at a distance of 20 miles. The Bromo Seltzer clock is the largest four dial gravity clock in the world. The dial is 24 feet in diameter. The minute hand is 9 feet 7 inches long, and weighs 145 pounds. the Pendulum is 15 feet long and weighs 475 pounds. The clock is automatically wound by an electric motor every six hours.

Purchase Scan Comments & Reviews Send

Post a public comment, question or review: