Souvenir handbell from the Chicago Fire, 1871
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Leather case with small metal latch on side, embossed in gold: Souvenir/of/Chicago Great Fire/Oct. 8 - 9 - 1871/made from metal/of/Old Court House Bell. Inside lined with purple satin-like fabric holding bell with long stem. Sticker on top of lid with the following information in pencil: Box # 7/#884/Ryerson Collection
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Sound devices
Musical instruments
Bells (idiophones)
Cases (containers)
Great Fire (1871 : Chicago, Ill.)
Disasters
Fires (events)
Souvenirs
Commemoratives - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (4.75 in)Width: (4.875 in)Depth: (6.375 in)MetalLeatherCloth
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Souvenir handbell from the Chicago Fire, 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1853. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Souvenir handbell from the Chicago Fire, 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1853
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1853>.