T. Blackburn - Jeweller - Belleville, Ont. is a private label pocket in Seth Thomas Model 5.
Tetley “Dexter” Blackburn, born September 5, 1867, was a jeweler in Belleville, Ontario Canada from the 1890’s through the 1920’s. He lived at 51 Highland Avenue with his second wife and the children from his late first wife. Tetley “Dexter” Blackburn died from a heart attack on November 23, 1925.
The postcard photographs below show what Belleville looked like in the very early 1900’s.
The advertisement at the top appeared in The Toronto Star on Thursday June 5, 1919, on page 17. The article at the bottom appeared in The Globe and Mail on Saturday August 20, 1921, on page 22.
T. Blackburn - Jeweller - Belleville, Ont. (Not in STFS Collection)
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