Name/Title
Cast Iron Bell, used at Lincoln School, 1863Entry/Object ID
2010.11.1Description
ACC. NO. 10.11.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1863
OBJECT: BELL, SCHOOL
DESCRIPTION:
A CAST IRON BELL, ATTACHED TO A CIRCULAR-SHAPED WHEEL. WHEEL WAS USED TO RING THE BELL TO SUMMON STUDENTS TO CLASSES. BELL HAS AN INDENTATION FOR A ROPE, AND IS SUPPORTED BY ITS ORIGINAL IRON STAND WHICH CONTAINS HOLES FOR ATTACHING. EXTERIOR OF BELL HAS EMBEDDED LETTERING AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ENGLISH SEAL WITH A UNICORN. AND LION, HERALDIC IN CENTER. PATENT #360, UTICA, N. COMPANY, 1863 SNELL. MESSAGE ON BELL IS ILLEGIBLE. ONLY "1836" AND "PAT" ARE LEGIBLE.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A CAST IRON BELL SUPPORTED BY A 4-LEGGED CANTED STAND. FOUR FEET OF STAND ARE PIERCED FOR ATTACHING ROPE. BELL RESTS IN A CRADLE FORMED BY THE STAND WHICH INCLUDES A CIRCULAR-SHAPED WHEEL. THE WHEEL, IN TURN, HAS AN INDENTATION WHICH ORIGINALLY CONTAINED THE ROPE FOR RINGING. BELL WAS USED AS EARLY AS 1864 AT ALAMEDA SCHOOL WHICH ULTIMATELY BECAME KNOWN AS LINCOLN SCHOOL IN 1911. THE ORIGINAL LINCOLN SCHOOL SITE WAS THE EARLIEST ORGANIZED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN ALAMEDA.
ADDITIONAL HISTORY: IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL ALAMEDA CITY'S HISTORY COLLECTION.
GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM DURING THE 1950'S AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
DONOR: ALAMEDA BOARD OF EDUCATION.
CATALOGED: FEB. 6, 2010Interpretative Labels
Label
11/15/2020 MvL: an old sign, states:
Bell used in 1864 at the early Lincoln School, when it was known as the Alameda School, with the strings 'Bell', '1864', 'Lincoln School' in gothic calligraphy, .Label
11/15/2020 MvL: current sign:
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SCHOOL BELL
Cast in England in 1863 this bell began calling students to classes at the Alameda School from the 1860's. This school became the Lincoln Grammar School in 1911 which later evolved into the
Lincoln Middle School
