Name/Title
Mueller Thermocoupler owned by Dr. Barclay Stephens, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
2014.8.1Description
ACC. NO. 14.8.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DOCTORS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920's
OBJECT: EL ECORO THERMOCOUPLE
DESCRIPTION:
AN ELECTRIC CHROMO-PLATED INSTRUMENT AND ATTACHMENT, WITH INSTRUCTION SHEET CONTAINED IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX. BOX HAS AN INTERIOR LABEL STATING, "V. MUELLER & Co., CHICAGO, ILL."
SIZE: L 4-1/2" X W 12-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
AN ELECTRO THERMOCOUPLER OWNED BY DR BARCLAY STEPHENS, OPHTHALMOLOGIST. HE CAME TO ALAMEDA IN 1896. HIS OFFICE WAS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF PARK STREET AND SANTA CLARA AVENUE, ABOVE THE ALAMEDA PHARMACY. HE WAS AN EARLY MEMBER OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
DONOR: PHILIP GARDNER, MD
CATALOGED: FEBRUARY 1, 2014