"Old Liberty Bell," - 1776.

"Old Liberty Bell," - 1776.

Digitized film strip
Photograph

James Cremer

American, 1821–1893

"Old Liberty Bell," - 1776.

ca. 1876
Albumen silver print
9.1 x 8.0 cm. (each) on 10.0 x 17.7 cm. mount
Purchase, ex-collection Fred S. Lightfoot
1981.6818.0002
Inscriptions 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.' ..."
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