2.85.1
Picture, Thermometer
1920 Approximate
Material: glass, wood, mercury and paper. Size: 8 3/4" W. x 6 1/2" L. Description: brown stained veneer frame front and back over wood core - scalloped edges - 4 3/4" W. x 4 1/4" H. black and white photograph of bank - caption below photograph: "You are Welcome at the First National Bank - Capital $25,000.00 - New Richland, Minn. - The Bank that does Personal Service" - glass thermometer inset with metal rings on a background of paper to the left of photo - gradient printed from -10 to 130 beside glass tube - to right of tube are words: "Zero - Freezing - Temperate - Summer Heat - Blood Heat" - fragment of metal chain for hanging attached to upper back.
New Richland business: First National Bank was located on the northwest corner of Broadway. It later became the Municipal Liquor Store.