Name/Title
New Liberty BellEntry/Object ID
2010.476.3Description
Black and white stereoview of the "New Liberty Bell, 1876".
Description on the reverse: "The 'New Liberty Bell,' Independence Hall, Philadelphia. // This bell was placed in the tower of Independence Hall just prior to the Fourth of July, 1876, its first peal to be sounded upon the ushering in of the Centenniel Anniversary. It is a gift to the city of Philadelphia by Mr. Henry Seybert, a native resident, who has also donated a large clock, to be used in connection with the bell. The bell bears the following inscriptions: Encircling the crown - 'Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill toward men - Luke, chapter II., verse 14.' Encircling the mouth - 'Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all inhabitants thereof. - Leviticus, chapter XXV., verse 10.' The 'Old Liberty Bell,' which is now fractured and preserved as a sacred relic, bears this same inscription, and in the year 1776 rang out to proclaim liberty and the birth of the nation. Upon one side is cast - 'Presented to the city of Philadelphia, July 4, 1876, for the belfry of Independence Hall, by a citizen.' Just beneath - 'Meneely & Kimberly, Founders, Troy, N. Y.' On the opposite side the date '1776,' and the coat of arms of the United State, set in a highly polished shield. A band of chased work, in which are set thirty-eight stars, encircles the bell just above the mouth. These stars represent the present number of States in the Union. The bell weighs thirteen thousand pounds - the thirteen original states being, thus, represented as well as by the thirteen stars in the coat of arms. This bell weighs two thousand pounds more than the great bell of St. Paul's, London. It measures twenty-three and one-half feet in circumference at the mouth, seven feet in height, and seven inches in thickness. It is composed entirely of new ingot copper and new ingot tin, in the proportion of seventy-eight parts of the former to twenty-two of the latter, with the addition of one hundred pounds each of four cannons, two of which were used at the battle of Saratoga, in the Revolution, one being served on the British side and the other on the American. The other two were used at the battle of Gettysburg, one by the Confederate and the other by the Union forces."Photograph Details
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
18 South Eightth Street, PhiladelphiaMade/Created
Studio
James Cremer, Photographer and PublisherDimensions
Dimension Notes
Print Size: 3.25x7"