The Vomit Clock Museum has been studiously searching for information on the Lanshire Corporation, a clock-making company based in Chicago, IL that is associated with vomit clocks.
Clock Movements by Lanshire
The reason that Lanshire Corporation is connected to vomit clocks is because many of the actual clock parts have “Clock Movements by Lanshire” etched into the clock parts on the back.
Photo taken by the Vomit Clock Museum. Image depicts the back of a vomit clock, focused on the metal back of the clockface and text that says “Clock Movement by Lanshire.”
In the photograph above, text on the metal back of the clock component of the vomit clock reads:
CLOCK MOVEMENT
BY
LANSHIRE
FOR A.C. ONLY
105-125 V. 60HZ.2W.
History of Lanshire
We have a lot of information on the history of the Lanshire Corporation. This section will be updated soon!
Lanshire Build O’ Clock
Lanshire Corporation registered a trademark for Build O Clock in 1954.
The graphic snippet above reads:
CLASS 27 SX 673,998 Lanshire Clock & Instrument Corp Chicago 111 Filed Sept 29 1954 For Unassembled Electric Clocks in Kit Form First use Aug 27 1954
References and sources
The below snippets are the sources we’ve used for this post. Many of the snippets are very small due to the digital scan of the original source document, so the text is replicated below the image. Click on the image to be taken to the document.
The graphic snippet above says:
LANSHIRE CLOCK AND INSTRUMENT CORPORATION Build your own self starting electric clock Build O Clock No 1 Black white Construction kit Sheet 10Aug54 KK9983O Build your own self starting electric clock Build 0 Clock No 2 Color Construction kit Label 10Aug54 KK9983I
Lanshire in the General Desk Book: Office of Price Administration (1946)
By Paul A. Porter, Administrator. Prepared under the general direction of Ervin H. Pollack: Secretary, Office of Price Administration.
The graphic snippet above reads:
L 4214 Lanshire Clock & Instrument Corp Chicago, Ill. Order No L 4214 authorized the applicant to sell its electric clock movement fit up to #1000 complete with dial hands crystal bezel and cord at a maximum price of $1.87 to manufacturers terms of net 30 days. This price may be increased under Order 14.f Issued 7-26-46
Lanshire in the Index of Trademarks (1952)
The graphic snippet above reads:
Apr 29 Serial No 616,182 published Dec 25 1951 Coin operated time controlled electric switches Lanshire Clock & Instrument Corp 567,323 Dec 2 Serial No 594,718 published July 8 1952