Propeller <I>Indiana</I>’s Hand Bell
notes: label: Description
content: Found on the wreck of the propeller steamer <I>Indiana</I>, a bell as small as this one would have been too small to serve as a fog signal for any distance. It probably would have been used to signal crew watch changes, as a dinner bell, or possibly to signal someone on a nearby shore.
topic: label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Work
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content: Transportation
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content: On the Water exhibit
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Michigan Department of State, Michigan History Division (through Bruce J. Andrews)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1030.15
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1030.15
label: accession number
content: 1979.1030
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bell
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 24.37 cm x 12.96 cm; 9 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 24.765 cm x 13.335 cm