Thermometer

Object Name:

Thermometer

Object ID:

2013.031.03

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1920

Description:

Advertising thermometer, City Coal Company, Concord, NH, c. 1920. Pine board, painted yellow. Vertical rectangle with arched top. Molded edge. Glass tube with bulb protected by tin cover. Black lettering: "CITY / COAL CO. / GEORGE R. TAYLOR, PROP. / 11 North Main St. / PHONE 3080 / Concord, N. H. / OLD COMPANY'S / LEHIGH COAL / We Want / Your Business". Graduated temperature scale from -60° to 130°, numbered at ten-degree intervals. Back unpainted; imprinted with directions for correcting a separated column of liquid, followed by "MADE IN U. S. A. / Owens Novelty Company / 34 Merchants Row / Boston, Mass."

Material:

Wood
Pine
Glass

Dimensions:

H-12 W-3 D-0.5 inches

Provenance:

Owned by donor's grandfather, Guy Kenerson (1889-1964) of Concord, NH, who worked at City Coal Company.

Credit Line:

Gift of Anita K. Prickett

Subjects:

Coal, Thermometers