Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1987.045.011 |
Object Name |
Thermometer |
Title |
Icebox Thermometer |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Artist |
American Thermometer Company |
Made |
American Thermometer Co. |
Place of Origin |
United States of America |
Description |
A white-enamelled steel-based icebox thermometer. It has a round base to it, and it is a free-standing thermometer. The glass mercury tube has red mercury in it. There are black-printed temperature gradations, a warning about what temperature was needed to safely preserve food, and a manufacturer's mark showing that it was made by the American Thermometer Company of St. Louis. |
Provenance |
Manufactured in St. Louis by the American Thermometer Company. Last owned/used by Hazel Manning of Owen Sound, Grey County. Her parents, James and Helena Manning, moved their family to Owen Sound in the early 20th-century when Hazel was young. Hazel was born in 1904 and died in 1996. |
Collection |
Food Processing Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Metal/Steel/Enamel/Glass/Mercury/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-13.5 Dia-7.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Manning, Hazel Manning, James Albert |
Subjects |
Refrigerators Food Kitchens Thermometers |
Function |
The icebox thermometer was used by the James & Helena Manning family of Owen Sound, Ontario. An icebox was an early sort of refrigerator, wherein food and beverages were kept to keep them chilled. |