"Time Out for Clock" read the headline of a New York Times article in January 1954 about the slowing of the hands on the four-faced "Golden Clock" in Grand Central Terminal.

The clock, above the information booth in the middle of Grand Central's main concourse, was losing a minute or two per day and had to be corrected hourly. Its removal for repairs marked "the first interruption to the bronze clock's ticking in the 21,500,000 minutes, more or less, since the terminal was opened in 1913," The Times wrote.

Four "common" electric clocks stood in for the timepiece until workers installed the new one in March 1954 - an act that was photographed by Times staff photographer Neal Boenzi.