Name/Title
Watch InspectionEntry/Object ID
1999.797.0012Description
A small black leather identification holder. Front is stamped "Ball's 20th Century Model Railroad Standard Watches, Cleveland, Chicago". Inside front cover has a clear plastic pocket while other side has a tan leather pocket. Tan pocket is stamped in black ink: "Willett L. Robertson, Rawlins, Wyo. Union Pacific Watch Inspector Official time Service". Wallet has white label with green border with typed information: "Watch Inspection Card-1945, Donated by C R Crum" ; another tiny white label has #27 typed it.
Contents of wallet: ivory card with ad for Harry P. Ilsley, candidate for United States Senator, on one side and County Auto License Index Numbers list on back; plastic card protector from J. Burri, jeweler and Union Pacific time inspector, with the calendar year 1945 printed on one side; and "Union Pacific Railroad Company Employe's Certificate of Watch Inspection and Record of Comparison", issued to C. R. Crum and dated October 12, 1945.Collection
Permanent Collection