Street clocks such as this one were popular during the first two decades of the 1900s and were often found in front of jewelry and watchmaking shops. Jos. Mayer and Bros. began in 1897 in Seattle and manufactured many clocks during the first two decades of the 1900s. Joseph Mayer and Bros. assembled this street clock, and many others in Seattle. This clock was made for Stacy Shown & Co. Jewelers, located at 309 LC Smith Building. The clock, like many Mayer Bros. street clocks, has glass windows in the base which reveal the clock mechanism.

Other businesses visible in the photograph include Hotel Seattle, Butler Hotel, Dunn Trunk Co. and Smith Drug Co. " Austin Seward worked for both Pierson and Co. and Bainbridge Studio. This photograph is not stamped or otherwise marked with a studio attribution, and is assumed to have been taken by Austin Seward.

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