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| Featured artifact: Seth Thomas clock | |
| Wood, Metal Tickers of By-Gone Days Stand By as 'Tempus Fugit' in Museum Excerpted from the Oregon State College Barometer, Vol. XLVI, #118, April 29, 1939 Hickory, dickory dock. A museum full of clocks--not just ordinary everyday clocks, but real antique time pieces--the kind that prompts oh's and ah's from all who visit the Oregon State College museum.... Judge Selbrede, prominent in the gold rush days in Skagway, Alaska, is responsible for the Seth Thomas clock which now stands in the early American room. The judge bet with a friend on whether or not Oregon would join the Union. He won the Seth Thomas clock which was made in Thomaston, Conn., and came around Cape Horn in the 1850's. Mrs. Emma Reid of Corvallis, daughter of Judge Selbrede, has loaned it to the museum.... [In 1964 Mrs. Reid donated the clock to the Horner Museum in perpetuity.] |
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Oregon State University Horner Museum Collection |
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Philomath, Oregon
The Benton County Historical Society is a nonprofit corporation that operates museum facilities for the preservation of history and culture. Its mission is to:
- Preserve the material and intellectual culture of Benton County, Oregon, by acquiring and caring for significant collections that illustrate and interpret the history of the area and its relationship to the world;
- Enrich people's lives through exhibitions and educational programs.