Fourth at the Fair, Part 12: Liberty Bells, Old and New

The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.

Fourth at the Fair, Part 10: James S. Norton’s Oration and Reading

The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.

Fourth at the Fair, Part 8: Ringing the Columbian Liberty Bell

The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.

Fourth at the Fair, Part 4: The Platform Party Arrives

The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.

Fourth at the Fair, Part 1: Planning “America Day”

The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Columbian Liberty Bell (p. 56)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 56 – THE COLUMBIAN LIBERTY BELL THE COLUMBIAN LIBERTY BELL.—Not least among the ideas natural to the Columbian year, and which finally embodied themselves, was that of casting a new Liberty Bell, one the very metal of which should have associations connected with the thought of liberty and a universal brotherhood. The plan of such a bell was conceived by Mr. William McDowell, of New Jersey, and it was [...]

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