Workers,White House gardens,going to work,ringing huge bell,Washington DC,1922
Title: Workers in the White House gardens still cling to the old custom of going to work by the ringing of a huge bell
Date Created/Published: 1922 Sept. 12.
Summary: A man sitting on a windowsill, leaning out to ring a bell by grasping a rope.
Notes:
Caption continues: The bell rings four times a day announcing the hour for beginning and quitting work. It is a relic of many years government service having been used originally during the construction of the State War and Navy Bldg.
In album: Washington, D.C., 16 August 1922 to 30 September 1922, v. 8, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 26, no. 20415.
Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
Original glass negative may be available: LC-F8-20415
Subjects:
White House (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1930.
Bells--1920-1930.
Photographic prints--1920-1930.
Bookmark /2002712421/
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