A rectangular faced barometer on a shaped piece of solid wood. There is a silver frame around the glass face and a silver knob at centre securing two indicator arrows. The face is scaled from “26" to “31" in increments of ten with a “5” indicating the halfway point between each number. Appropri…
A rectangular faced barometer on a shaped piece of solid wood. There is a silver frame around the glass face and a silver knob at centre securing two indicator arrows. The face is scaled from “26" to “31" in increments of ten with a “5” indicating the halfway point between each number. Appropriate points of the dial indicate “Changeable”, “Fair”, “Very Dry”, “Stormy” and “Rain”. There is an adjustment screw through the wood on the back with a keyhole bracket for hanging. The face of the barometer is marked “Compensated” and “Henry Birks & Sons Limited”.
A dark brown varnished wood plaque shaped like a banjo with bottom containing a circular brass frame, with holes around the sides, enclosing a glass covered “Hygrometer” with a scale on one side from 0 to 100 and the words “very dry”, “normal”, “moist”, and “very moist” at points along the scale. …
A dark brown varnished wood plaque shaped like a banjo with bottom containing a circular brass frame, with holes around the sides, enclosing a glass covered “Hygrometer” with a scale on one side from 0 to 100 and the words “very dry”, “normal”, “moist”, and “very moist” at points along the scale. The indicator needle is attached to a coil which reacts to moisture in the air and can be adjusted by a screw at the back. The narrow top contains a mercury filled glass tube thermometer attached to a brass plaque with a scale from 30o to 120o F (Fahrenheit). There is a hole and metal bracket on the back for hanging. The back of the wood is stamped “1022”.
A glass tube, filled with a clear liquid, secured by metal straps in a slit cut in a wooden frame. A vertical metal strip on the left side of the wood indicates the weather with “Stormy”, “Change” and “Fair”. There is a screw eye on top for hanging.
A glass tube, filled with a clear liquid, secured by metal straps in a slit cut in a wooden frame. A vertical metal strip on the left side of the wood indicates the weather with “Stormy”, “Change” and “Fair”. There is a screw eye on top for hanging.
A field thermometer in a long narrow wooden box case with a brass ring at the top for hanging, and a small brass latch hook to secure the thermometer which slides into the box forming the lid when closed in place. The sliding piece can be reversed to display a glass tube mercury-filled thermometer…
A field thermometer in a long narrow wooden box case with a brass ring at the top for hanging, and a small brass latch hook to secure the thermometer which slides into the box forming the lid when closed in place. The sliding piece can be reversed to display a glass tube mercury-filled thermometer attached to a brass plaque scaled from 10o to 120o (Fahrenheit). The inside of the case is marked “183” in pencil and there is a brass plaque on the box labelled “Charles Wilder Co. N.Y.” and “Williams, Brown and Earle Phila”.
Christmas Card with image of Catharine and Peter in a jeep packed with baggage and ski poles with a large moose in front of them. Mountains in the background. “Seasons Greetings” printed above mountains, “Catharine and Peter” printed in BLC, “Peter Whyte 1948” signed in BRC. Above Seasons Greeting…
Christmas Card with image of Catharine and Peter in a jeep packed with baggage and ski poles with a large moose in front of them. Mountains in the background. “Seasons Greetings” printed above mountains, “Catharine and Peter” printed in BLC, “Peter Whyte 1948” signed in BRC. Above Seasons Greetings in pencil “6” “.On reverse side “Size as per sample, Crag & Canyon” written in coloured pencil.
side 1: woodland animals are moving in and out of a houseSEASONS GREETINGS [tlc]CATHARINE AND PETER [blc] [brc] P.W. -49[verso central, cursive] Crag and Canyon
side 1: woodland animals are moving in and out of a houseSEASONS GREETINGS [tlc]CATHARINE AND PETER [blc] [brc] P.W. -49[verso central, cursive] Crag and Canyon
One of Peter and Catharine’s printed greeting cards has been used as a support for two drawings.Blue, green and orange dabs and streaks of watercolour cover the entire inside of the card. On the space above the fold (below is the printed greeting) is the beginning of a drawing of a horse in pencil.…
One of Peter and Catharine’s printed greeting cards has been used as a support for two drawings.Blue, green and orange dabs and streaks of watercolour cover the entire inside of the card. On the space above the fold (below is the printed greeting) is the beginning of a drawing of a horse in pencil. Printed portion: [mountain wildlife scene with artists painting from the back of a red car, dated 1951 Peter Whyte in cursive]