WWII Seth Thomas for Ingalls Shipbuilding Clock

Seth Thomas for Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi, serial no. 5164, manufactured July, 1943 in the original Bakelite housing. Comes with a photo of the family sailboat, a signed Fabian Bachrach photo of his father Paul Chenery Patterson, a Baltimore Sun Christmas party invitation from Paul Chenery Patterson and a signed memorial certificate from the A.S. Abell Co. (parent company of the Baltimore Sun) on the passing of Paul Chenery Patterson. Dimensions are: Clock: 2 3/4 inches deep X 10 1/4 inches diameter; 6.98 cm deep X 26.03 cm diameter. Portrait: Mat: 16 inches tall X 12 3/8 inches wide; 40.64 cm tall X 31.43 cm wide. Photo: 10 7/8 inches tall X 8 1/2 inches wide; 27.62 cm tall X 21.59 cm wide. All measurements are approximate. Condition: Clock runs but not checked for run time or accuracy. Some deterioration of portrait, fading of baby photo, the start of foxing on the invitation, Yellowing of the meeting minutes about Patterson's death, silvering of the boat photo. Provenance: Estate of Paul Patterson, son of noted Baltimore Sun newspaper head Paul Chenery Patterson.