TITLE ON OBJECT: "Old Liberty Bell," 1776.
TITLE ON OBJECT: The "Old Liberty Bell," Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

ca. 1876
PUBLISHER: Cremer, James
albumen print stereograph
9.0 x 7.8 cm. (each) on 10.0 x 17.8 cm. mount
Museum Purchase: ex-collection Richmond W. Strong
81:6820:0006

NON-GEH NUMBER: 4641

INSCRIPTION: mount recto-(printed) "James Cremer, Photographer and Publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia." "'Old Liberty Bell,' 1776." mount verso-(printed) "The 'Old Liberty Bell,' Independence Hall, Philadelphia." "We as a people are not fond of the antique, but as we approach the hundreth anniversary of the nation's birth, no true- hearted American can think without a thrill of Patriotism of the Old Liberty Bell; which rang out to 'Proclaim Liberty throughout all the Land, unto all the inhabitants thereof.' ..."

FRAME: oversize yellow mount

NOTES: Catalogued 9/98, DZ.

SUBJECTS:
artifact, bell
symbol