Photographed by Gloria Johnson on 6/27/08.
Though one of my Great-great grandmothers was a Native American Indian from the Johnston County area I find it a little odd that the thermometer has an Indian portrait with Smithfield, NC written above. The thermometer belonged to my Grandparents.
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Old Thermometer
I think I can understand why there is an Indian portrait upon this thermometer, even with Smithfield printed above it. Native American ancestry dates back for thousands of years upon this land and this is something most Native Americans or decendants thereof who can remember their original ancestors take great pride in. Most of us who are living upon this same land now have such a mixed ancestry that we can't go back for more that a few generations typically before our bloodlines (ancestry) has become so scattered and with many different roots across the globe.