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The Times of Their Lives: Women, Men, and the Clock and Watch Industry in Bristol, CT, 1900-1970

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Bristol, Connecticut has deep ties to the history of clock and watch making. Whilst the early years of Bristol’s history are well documented, less is known about Bristol’s bustling 20th century clock industry. From 1900 to 1970, the factories of E. Ingraham Company and Sessions Clock Company dominated the city. Both companies were circle of relatives businesses and treated their employees as an extension of that circle of relatives. Philip Samponaro interviewed forty former Ingraham and Sessions employees to gain an figuring out of life within the factories. Building from those interviews Samponaro examines the circle of relatives and administrative center cultures of the individuals who lived and worked in Connecticut’s “Clock City.”

The story is divided into two parts. The first considers circle of relatives and work patterns at Ingraham and Sessions and the second one examines the changes over seventy years throughout the cultures of circle of relatives and work. In the course of the story of these workers, Samponaro delves into the story of the decline of the clock industry in america and gives insights into the history of labor, unions, politics, and gender.

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