Name/Title
ThermometerEntry/Object ID
022.3.1.2Description
Decorative, framed, mercury thermometer, in Fahrenheit. To be hung indoors.
On top Painted black, on the plastic cover is a silhouette of a window looking outside and a table with flowers in the middle of the window. Bottom middle is the following:
JACK ILLINGWORTH
LUNCH BAR
GROCERIES - MEATS
CONFECTIONARY
PERTH ONTARIO
Underneath the plastic is a framed colour picture of a lake with trees on both sides and in the background trees surrounding the lake.
On the far left is a thermometer, with a vile of red mercury, gold plate with numbers in black. First column from top to bottom 120 degrees to minus 40 degrees. In between 40 and 20 degrees it say freezing; The thermometer is in the middle; second column from top to bottom 110 degrees to minus 30 degrees. At the bottom, Made in USA.Made/Created
Date made
circa 1940 - 1950Time Period
20th Century, Sometime between 1940 and 1950'sDimensions
Height
10.3 cmWidth
0.7 cmLength
25 cm