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Free to Use and Reuse: Clocks & Calendars

Time keeping devices in many forms appear among the clocks & calendars in this set, dating back to the 1500s. All pictures are from the Prints & Photographs Division unless otherwise credited.

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  Street clock in Seattle, Washington, which was known as the "City of Clocks." Photo by Carol Highsmith, around 2000.

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  "Philadelphia clubs at home." Poster with baseball game dates, 1915

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  Aztec calendar stone, now called sun stone. Photo by William Henry Jackson, around 1890.

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  Draco volvelle used to connect dates with the the moon's position. In: Peter Apian's "Astronomicum Caesarium." Ingolstadt, 1540. Rare Book and Special Collections Division

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  "Your mellow chimes awaken men to start the day 'on time' Big Ben." Alarm clock advertisement, 1921.

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  Poster calendar 1897. By Edward Penfield.

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  "3 minutes intermission while changing pictures." Photo used in a movie theater, 1912.

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  "D. Webster Clegg's new century calendar for ascertaining the day of the week of your birth, or any other eventful occasion ..." Poster, 1876.

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  Presidential campaign calendar. 1888

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  Rich's mini golf, clock, Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Photo by John Margolies, 1980.

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  Metropolitan horse racing calendar, mostly in New York. Poster, 1905.

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  Clocks and other memorabilia in the office of W.P. Kloster, at the Dublin Bottling Works in Dublin, Texas. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2014.

• Astrological device showing signs of the Chinese calendar, with case. Drawing, 1878.

• Sun clock at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, DC. Photo by Theodor Horydczak, around 1940.

• Kalender Maister Johannes Künigsperger. Book published in Augsburg by Erhard Ratdolt, 1496. Rare Book & Special Collections Division

• Man with clocks. Photo by Harris & Ewing, 1923.

• "The Alarm Clock" by Avery Hopwood. Poster for the Federal Theatre Project, 1936-1938.

• Census Population Clock, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. Photo by Warren Leffler, 1971.

• Swiss clock (Mantle). Print, 1877.

• Beauty holding a calendar scroll for the year of the rat. Japanese print, 1804.

• Home-made candies, delicious and economical recipes for March. In the "Candy Calendar" by the Woman's World Magazine, 1923. General Collections

• "The signs of the Zodiac, National Museum, Rome, Italy." Stereograph by Keystone, early 1900s.

• Zodiac signs Scorpio and Capricorn. Design drawing for Library of Congress, Great Hall floor, 1895.

• Greenfield Village Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. Detail. Sir John Bennett store. Photo by Balthazar Korab Studios, 2003.

• Astronomical clock, old town hall, Prague, Czech Republic. Photochrom by Photoglob Zurich, around 1900.

• Calendar page for October 1905 with images of Chicago. In "Chicago Calendar," by Almira Lovell. General Collections

• "The Woman Suffrage Calendar, 1910." New York. Rare Book & Special Collections

• Mercantile calendar for 1860. Advertisement by John H. Duyckinck for his printing business, 1859.

• Clock cleaner in historic Union Station in Washington, DC. Photo by Carol Highsmith, around 2000.

• The mechanical system of a clock driven by weights and pendulum. In: "Theatrum machinarium," 1725. Rare Book & Special Collections

• "8 o'clock breakfast coffee. The great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.," New York. Print, 1877.

• "Saving daylight ends, for 1918, Sunday, Oct. 27th. Set your clock back one hour at 2 A.M." Advertisement sponsored by United Cigar Stores Company.

• Liberty loan clock displayed at Federal Hall, New York City. Photo by Bain News Service, 1918.

• Two O'Clock Club sign, Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by John Margolies, 1995.

• Thomas Alva Edison punching time clock on his 74th birthday anniversary, February 11, 1921.

• An elegant original clock inside the former St. Louis Union Station, Missouri. Photo by carol Highsmith, 2021.

• On a mild December Sunday afternoon, a small crowd gathers to watch Stuff and Guff strike the hour, New York City. Photo by Angelo Rizzuto, 1953.

• Clock tower, Dubuque, Iowa. Photo by Carol Highsmith, around 2000.

• Miss Ella Nachman with a normal sized alarm clock and the world's largest alarm clock by Mauthe. Photo by Underwood & Underwood, 1925-1930.

• Tiled stove in the Prince's chamber. Rostov Velikii, Russia. Photo by Sergeii Prokudin-Gorskii, 1911

• Floral clock in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. Stereograph by Keystone View Col, around 1910.

• November in "Twelve Months of the Year." Woodblock print portfolio by Winold Reiss, 1923.

• Captive balloon with clock face and bell, floating above the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. Drawing by Camille Grávis, around 1890.

• Grandfather clock presented to the DAR at Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, DC. Photo by Harris & Ewing, 1924.

• Molinelli Jewelers street clock, neon, Main Street, Pocatello, Idaho