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Jump Back in Time Gilded Age (1878-1889)

Four Standard Time Zones for the Continental U.S. Were Introduced

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Taking the time, Brooklyn Navy Yard

Navy Yard officials set a clock to the official time in Brooklyn, New York

CREDIT: "Taking the Time, Brooklyn Navy Yard." Detroit Publishing Co. between 1890 and 1901. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920, Library of Congress.



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