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Bell Tower and Street Scene, Placerville (Hangtown), CA

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $4.95

Stock #:1110257
Type: Postcard
Era: Continental Chrome
City: Placerville
State: California (CA)
County: El Dorado
Artist: Fred Shorthill
Publisher: Fritz Vibe Postcard Service
Postmark: 1973 Aug-17
Postmark City: Sacramento
Postmark State: CA
Stamp: 15c
Size: 4" x 6" (10.25 x 15.25 cm)
Publisher's Series #: 11932-D
Recipient Address:P.O. Box 1981
Fremont, MI 49412

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The bell was shipped around the horn in 1865 from Boston and was mainly used as a fire alarm. It tolled at the close of the Franco-Prussian War and on Armistice Day after World War One. The bell is now in Yoke at the Post Office Park on Bedford Avenue.

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