THERMOMETER
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact10434
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FLOCK'S FUNERAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICE
- Materials
- METAL, GLASS, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19990063000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FLOCK'S FUNERAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICE
- Materials
- METAL, GLASS, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.3
- Length
- 18
- Width
- 12.8
- Description
- METAL FRAMED THERMOMETER DISPLAYS SILHOUETTE GRAPHIC OF MAN AND WOMAN IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. UNDER GRAPHIC IS "FLOCK'S FUNERAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICE, LETHBRIDGE, ALTA" CARDBOARD BACKING FEATURES YELLOW STRING FOR HANGING.
- Subjects
- METEOROLOGICAL T&E
- ADVERTISING MEDIUM
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- History
- THERMOMETER BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER RALPH FOURNIER OF COALDALE/ CHIN. THE FATHER CAN REMEMBER IT AS PART OF HIS FAMILY FROM 1930'S (HIS FATHER WAS ALBERT FOURNIER). RALPH WENT TO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL WITH BUD FLOCK BETWEEN 1928 OR 1929. THE FLOCKS SOLD THEIR BUSINESS TO CHRISTENSEN FUNERAL HOME. RALPH WAS BORN IN 1915 AND THE HERALD RAN A STORY ON HIM JUNE 9, 2001. RALPH MARRIED AGNES SHORTHOUSE WHOSE FAMILY WAS RELATED TO AREA MINING (KERR) AND TO THE WATSON FAMILY. UPON CLEANING AT HOME IN TEMPEST IN SUMMER, 1999 THERMOMETER WAS FOUND AND WAS DONATED.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990063000
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-11
- Collection
- Museum
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