Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America – Vintage Wall Art
![Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ca/ca00c3139c71-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America
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Christ Church in Boston's North End, erected in 1723 and now widely known as Old North Church, is the subject here, and the title singles out its bells as the first ring cast for North America. The steeple's bells were rung for generations, and the church is most famous for the lanterns hung in that steeple on April 18, 1775, a signal about British troop movements toward Lexington and Concord. The card credits John H. Bufford & Company, a Boston lithography firm, but records no date for this view.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford (John H.) & Company. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,049 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128212 |
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