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| Title | Indoor Thermometer |
| Object Name | Indoor Thermometer |
| Manufactured By | American Catalin Corporation
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| Description | Green, catalin, anchor shape with small thermometer, fabric tassel, and "Los Angeles, California, City Hall" embellishment attached. As a souvenir, set in original packaging, it has a suggested postal box cover for item to be mailed. Catalin was a trade mark name of the often brightly-colored phenolic made by The Catalin Corporation beginning in 1928 and especially in the 1930s. The Los Angeles City hall was opened in 1928. |
| Date Manufactured | ca. 1928 |
| Material | Phenol Formaldehyde (PF) |
| Material Trade Name | Catalin |
| Manufacturing Process | Cast, cut and shaped from sheet |
| Number of Objects | 1 |
| Accession Number | 2009_079.045 |
| Donor | Gift of Lawrence J. Broutman |
| Broad Subject | Novelty, Promotional and Souvenir Items
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| Subjects | Thermometers
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| staff notes | Multiple images |
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