We don't seem to have a lot of wall space in our new home, so adding art or especially big pieces has been a bit of a challenge.  I really didn't want to do away with this clock, so I was determined to find a home for it.  Now it had to be some place where I could put a big bolt in a stud so it wouldn't fall down.

The Standard Electric Time Co. of California

The buttons on the bottom were used to ring the school bells for school to start, recess and school is out.  How fun is that.  Everything still works, but those bells are really loud. haha

This is a clock that my Uncle Tom (mom's brother) took out of the old school building in California when it was being torn down.  He stripped all the weird green color paint off of it and totally restored it.  When he passed away it went to my mom and when she went to heaven I got it.  I love this clock, so different.  Here is a picture I found online and the description of this clock.
Master clock from the old Banning, California High School building. It's not always easy to find one of these clocks just as it was originally made. This example dates from around 1915, but it appears that the program movement and bell relays are of a later vintage. In other words, it was "upgraded", probably to automatic reset, during the 1930's or later.

  The only place we could find to hang it was here in the loft.  I love how it turned out, and the clock is fine in t...