Dr. Nathaniel Thomas Coulson and Bourdon Bell

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $11.95

Stock #:772746
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: San Francisco
State: California (CA)
County: San Francisco
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Dr. Nathaniel Thomas Coulson, donor of the 44 bell carillon for Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, as the 6 ton Bourdon bell was being unloaded. The carillon was lent to the Golden Gate International Exposition and installed in the Tower of the Sun, Treasure Island. Dr. Coulson chose for each bell a name and bible verse. The Peace Bell bears the text from Isaiah "Nation shall not lift up sward against Nation."

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