Text printed on cover: Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. January twentieth 1926., Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers., Manuscript note written on back cover: Tableaux: 1. Declaration of Independence 2. Ringing of the Liberty Bell 3. Washington of Valley Forge 4. Presentation of Flag by Betsey Ross. Speakers: 1. Hon. Herbert Hoover. 2. Hon. James M. Beck. 3. Hon. William S. Vare. 4. Hon. George E. Darrow. 5. Hon. Philip Gadsden. 6. Dr. Herbert J. Tily.
Date
1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.22]
Postcard depicting the view after the circa 1819 Trumbull painting showing members of the Second Continental Congress gathered in the East Room of Independence Hall signing the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. John Adams, Robert Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin stand before John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in the foreground. In the left, the Liberty Bell is depicted ringing and with the inscription, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.”, Title from item., Date inferred from content., Publisher from copyright statement on recto: Copyrighted No. 8090 Am. Hist. Art Publ. Co. New York City 111 E. 14 Str. St. Louis, Mo. 813 Chestnut Str., Name of distributor printed in lower left on recto: C.L. Traver, 108 S. Broad St., Trenton, N.J., Series no. printed in lower right on recto: Colonial heroes, no. 20., Expository text printed on recto: In the steeple of the state-house was a bell, imported twenty-three years previously from London by the Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania. A joyous peal from that bell gave notice that the bill had been passed. It was the knell of British domination., Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.30]
