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Early Shannon Service Shelbyville Kentucky Advertising Wooden Thermometer - A vintage American advertising thermometer featuring a vertical rectangular wooden board with an arched top. The piece is finished in a medium brown tone and serves as promotional material for Shannon Service, an ambulance and funeral business located in Shelbyville, Kentucky. The front face features black stenciled text organized into several sections. The top header reads SHANNON SERVICE with the proprietors listed below as R. Lee Shannon and Robt. L. Shannon, Jr. The location is specified as SHELBYVILLE, KY. The lower section includes the word AMBULANCE followed by LATEST MODERN EQUIPMENT and the phrase Both Phones. Early telephone contact information is provided at the very bottom as Day 250 and Night 100. A central glass thermometer tube is mounted to the wood with two metal brackets, calibrated with a printed black scale ranging from -20 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The base of the glass tube is protected by a shaped, perforated gray metal guard secured with four small nails. The reverse of the board is unfinished wood showing natural grain and staining. The top center features a single pre-drilled mounting hole.Width: 5 inchesHeight: 21 inches.