Fire Bell

Title: Fire Bell
Description: Metal firebell with wooden handle, circa 1900. From the collection of Mark Wright: "My great Grandfather Thomas Wright's firebell which he rang through the streets of the Shades to summon other firemen to pull the old fire engine to a fire."
Subject: WHC88381
Date: 1900
Type: OT
Identifier: WHC88381
Coverage: Weehawken, NJ [40.7663711,-74.02537149999999]
Tag: Fire; Shades
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