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This is a similiar thermometer--7".Inside bottom reads "MADE BY THERMETALIC MFG. CO.549 FULTON ST. CHICAGO
It is faded but works.I scraped a bit of paint off,it appears to be steel,sort of shiny.Some one has written on the back-"TO PERCY BLAIR 1927.

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