Leman "Dutch" Philbrook (1910 -1993 )
PHILBROOK'S MEN'S STORE - ST. ELMO, IL
Thermometer - Circa 1930's/1940's
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LEMAN KENNETH11 PHILBROOK (OTTO WARD10, CYRUS9, ALBERT8, SETH7, JOEL6, JOB5, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2 PHILBRICK, THOMAS1)
This thermometer dates from the 1930's to 1950's. Leman "Dutch" Philbrook owned the "Philbrook's Men's Store" in St. Elmo, Illinois store between about 1938 and 1955. This promotional item, well over 50 years old, still works.
Artifact courtesy of
Robert W. Philbrook Collection, Palm Springs, California