THERMOMETER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CANDY, ICING AND DEEP FAT FRYING THERMOMETER
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- PAPER, PLASTIC, GLASS, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041439
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CANDY, ICING AND DEEP FAT FRYING THERMOMETER
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- PAPER, PLASTIC, GLASS, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.5
- Length
- 27.4
- Width
- 9.9
- Description
- RECTANGULAR BLUE CARDBOARD PACKAGE WITH GLASS THERMOMETER IN IT, STILL INSIDE PLASTIC MOLDING. "TRU TEMP" LOGO IS AT TOP OF PACKAGE AND SHOWS SKETCHES OF HOUSEWIVES USING THERMOMETER TO COOK. BACK OF PACKAGE HAS SCALE SHOWING RECOMMENDED TEMPERATURES FOR COOKING VARIOUS FOODS.
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- THERMOMETER WAS A HOUSEHOLD ITEM OF DONOR'S FAMILY WHILE LIVING AT COALDALE. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041439
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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