libertybell

I wonder if these could have been the "oregon girls" mentioned in second article from NYT (June 13, 1912) in query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B02E7DE113AE633A... Nine girls from Oregon were trying to see the sights of New York in two days before going on to Washington, DC, where a visit to the president was planned. They were daughters of well-to-do farmers from different regions of the state on a chaperoned trip. A similar trip was made the next year too. See query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A02E5DF153FE633A... from June 18, 1913. The participants for this trip were teachers.

I made a purse from this image:

Oh, shoot, I just re-read swanq's comments--the photo is from 1912! But I can fix the purse, no problem.... ;)

This image has been used in the indicommons.org post: Suffragette Purses

On another purse:

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Same photo on Smithsonian's site has this caption: While the Clintons and Gores watch, Chelsea Clinton rings a replica of the Liberty Bell during festivities kicking off the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. At the stroke of 6 p.m., Clinton and Gore grasped the red rope attached to the bell and led the nation in a bell ringing ceremony. Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, kept up the ringing long after her father let go of the rope.

From the Washington Post, December 18, 1992: The Liberty Bell replica was cast in 1976 for the Bicentennial celebration by the same Pennsylvania foundry that cast the original bell, which cracked when it was rung to herald the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

"kept up he ringing" should probably have an extra "t" in there somewhere ; ]

good....linda imagem....parabens...

Thanks for posting!