2003.70.106
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Images, Electronic
- Description
- - wooden, rectangular base; 4 gold coloured feet on bottom
- attached to base at a 90 degree angle is a piece of wood shaped like a house, sloped top edge and centre rectangle
- coming up through a hole in the base is a brass rectangle, secured to vertical piece with 1 screw; above this is circle cutout, back of cutout is painted silver, hole in centre; above this secured by 2 screws is a brass rectangle; above this is another brass rectangle secured with 2 screws, metal sphere sits on top of this above wood; a terminal, spool shaped nut, sits in front of vertical piece on base; screw from this goes through to bottom and secures brass piece that came up through hole near vertical piece
- supporting the vertical piece of wood from behind is a wedge of wood; secured by one screw
- label inlay on front edge of base reads: 'PHILIP HARRIS & CO. LTD./BIRMINGHAM/ENGLAND." in brown
- used in science labs at CCI in early 1900s
- first school built at corner of Murray and Prince streets in 1855, known as Chatham Grammar School
- 1870s school was turned into a high school
- 1887 school obtained collegiate status
- September 1940 the building on site today was opened
- spring of 2002 school was slated to be closed a campaign to keep it open lasted one year and school finally closed in spring of 2003
- Date unknown
- 30.5cm H / 17.8cm L
Chatham Kent Museum
Out in the Open exhibition
VS 078 - Subject(s)
- Collection
- Chatham Kent Museum
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Chatham Kent Museum
Out in the Open exhibition
VS 078 - Terms of Use
- Copies are provided for research and private study only. Permission to use images in any other way including, but not limited to, publication, exhibition, film, video or TV broadcast, or on any CD or website, must be obtained in writing from an authorized representative of the Chatham-Kent Museum prior to use. This applies to low-resolution copies downloaded from this site at no cost and to high resolution copies.
- Contact
- Chatham-Kent MuseumEmail:ckcccmuseum@chatham-kent.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:75 William Street North
Chatham, ON N7M 4L4
519-360-1998
