[Grave of William Hurry]
Photograph
[Grave of William Hurry]
From the album [Snapshots from travels in the United States and Canada]
ca. 1926
Gelatin silver prints
Overall: 4 7/16 × 6 in. (11.3 × 15.3 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1978.1292.0019a
Inscriptions Typed in ink on slip of paper placed behind photograph: The grave of William Hurry (by the flag) at Old Pine St. Presbyterian Church yard just west of 3rd & Pine St. Phila., Pa. This is just beyond the S.E..(back) corner of the church. He was the one who rang the Liberty Bell, to whom his grandson called up "ring, Grandpa, ring!" when the Declaration of Independence was signed. Taken by A. Thomas Nelson after 1921; perhaps about 1926.
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