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The History
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In the wake of the industrial revolution, the way in which humans understood and organized time shifted. In the industrial workplace, time became a unit of measuring work performance; a worker’s productivity could be measured by judging their output versus the amount of time spent working. A machine that could accurately record a worker’s time would have been especially useful. In 1888, a jeweler named Willard Bundy patented such a device. |
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His brother Harlow E. Bundy, an attorney and entrepreneur saw a market for the device, and the Bundy Manufacturing Company was born in 1889. The time-recording clocks were greatly successful, one of their biggest clients being the U.S. Postal Service. |
 Bundy Manufacturing — 1905 courtesy of the IBM archives |
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| The company was reorganized as International Time Recording Company in 1906, and moved to Endicott. After two more mergers and reorganizations, the company became International Business Machines (IBM). | ||
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In celebration of his success, Harlow built for himself a Queen-Anne styled mansion in 1892 which still stands today at 129 Main St. in Binghamton, NY. Come and see for yourself how Harlow E. Bundy lived back in the 1890’s. |
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 ITR Endicott Factory — 1905 courtesy of the IBM archives |
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