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The Bellman informed of the passage of the Declaration of Independence – Historic Reproduction

The Bellman informed of the passage of the Declaration of Independence — historic print
The Bellman informed of the passage of the Declaration of Independence. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This historic print of The Bellman informed of the passage of the Declaration of Independence brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The Bellman informed of the passage of the Declaration of Independence

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Philadelphia's Independence Hall appears here as the setting for a scene that, by 19th-century tradition, followed the Continental Congress's vote on the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The bellman, shown announcing the news, belongs to a popular legend that historians have never confirmed, but it made the State House bell a lasting symbol of American liberty. This wood engraving ran in *Graham's Magazine*, a Philadelphia monthly, in June 1854, a period when the nation was marking the Revolution's heroes and sites in print and in public life. Its appearance in a general-interest magazine shows how the story of 1776 had become familiar, sentimental material for mid-century readers.

Medium1 item.
Notes1854
SubjectsMicrofilm copy of wood engraving in Graham Magazine, 1854 June, v. 44, no. 6. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Periodicals; Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia-- Independence Hall; US History--Declaration...; Bells...; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan998 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-130141

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