Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dairy thermometer and case
Object Number:
2002.62.1ab
Date:
ca. 1920
Medium:
Glass, paper, mercury; cardboard
Dimensions:
Case: 11 x 1 in. ( 27.9 x 2.5 cm )
Overall: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Description:
Dairy thermometer composed of hollow glass tube with metal point at bottom and glass ring at top; paper inside printed with temperature scale; mercury beads at base. Fits into cylindrical cardboard tube open at both ends.
Gallery Label:
This dairy thermometer was used on the Catskills dairy farm of Joseph Burr Buckman (1851-1929) and his wife Corinne Barbour (1860-1936). The couple purchased an 84-acre farm in the Catskills hoping that the fresh air would help their son with tuberculosis. Joseph Buckman traveled by train to New York City to work in a hat factory, while his wife managed the extensive farm. The milk produced by their farm was kept fresh by an artesian well and was picked up regularly by a milk company.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph Burr Buckman Catskill Farm Tools
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
