Object Details
- manufacturer
- Bulova Corp
- Description
- In a house being torn apart by hurricane winds, this clock stopped at 9:27. The eye of Katrina passed over the Gulf Coast at approximately 9:45 on the morning of Sunday, August 29, 2005. At 9:27, the eye wall's ferocious eastern wind bands were just reaching out for the seaside residential community of Waveland, Mississippi. Smithsonian collectors found the clock in a field. Nearby uprooted trees and leveled houses told the tale of what happened before and after this timepiece left the kitchen wall on which it once ticked.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Associated Date
- 2005-08-2005-09
- ID Number
- 2005.0284.02
- accession number
- 2005.0284
- catalog number
- 2005.0284.02
- Object Name
- clock, wall
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 12 in x 2 in; 35.56 cm x 30.48 cm x 5.08 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Mississippi, Waveland
- referenced
- United States: Mississippi
- United States: Mississippi, Waveland
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History exhibition website
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Cultures & Communities
- Family & Social Life
- National Treasures exhibit
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Hurricane Katrina
- Record ID
- nmah_1313380
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f82d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
