Article - The Saratogian, "Saratoga Takes Top Spot in Scientific World as Birthplace of Standard Time", Charles Dowd's Standard Time System


October 26 1945
Photocopies of an article, Saratoga Takes Top Spot in Scientific World as Birthplace of Standard Time, from the October 16, 1945 issue of The Saratogian about Charles Ferdinand Dowd. Dr. Dowd invented the time system adopted by the nation's railroads in 1893. He spent much of his adult life in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where he founded and directed the Temple Grove Ladies Seminary school, presently Skidmore College.

2 photocopies (2 sheets ea., stapled) : paperclipped ; 21.5 x 28 cm
A2022.DowdCharles.014