Thermometer
- Object Name:
- Thermometer
- Object ID:
- 1999.035
- Date:
- 1925
- Description:
- Key-shaped souvenir of New Hampshire, c.1925, with attached thermometer and Old Man of the Mountain medallion. Brass-plated metal. Glass mercury thermometer attached along length; readings range from -30 to 120 degrees. Medallion obverse: image of the Old Man of the Mountain with text, "KEY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE / OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN". Medallion reverse: U.S. eagle seal and a list of the 13 original colonies. Back of key reads "PAT. / AUG.25.1925". 8.6" long, 2.75" wide.
- Material:
- Metal
Glass
Brass
Mercury - Dimensions:
- W-8.625 D-2.75 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joan Desmarais and Douglas Copeley
- Subjects:
- Old Man of the Mountain, Keys (Hardware), Thermometers
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