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J_Oliver
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1936 W. H. Reeks World Time Zone & World Time Converter, with original envelope. This belonged to my great grandfather who passed away many years before I was born.
I have researched for hours trying to find another one, anything about the company or the converter and Time Zone book.
It even has an updated (1936) page that was added - loose, for changes that occurred before paste-up and publishing.
Printed by the W. H. Reeks Co., P. O. Box 240, Chicago, ILL, USA, in 1936.
The Book of Time Zones contains a "Complete List Of The Countries Of The World." That was in 1936, there have been changes in just 2009-10, let alone in the past 73-years!
If you have any information, please write.
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