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| Title | Pioneer Bell |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Notes | The brass bell made its way to Washington by way of the Oregon Trail. The family who owned it settled on what is now Beach Drive in West Seattle. Whenever a new family settled there, the neighbors welcomed the newcomers by joining in a procession, led by a community member ringing this bell, It was also used to ring in the new year. |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact Southwest Seattle Historical Society/ Log house Museum, 3003 71st Avenue SW, Seattle 98116, 206-938-5293,www.loghousemuseum@home.com. |
| Credit Line | Southwest Seattle Historical Society; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Southwest Seattle Historical Society |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 6 inches in height and 4 inches at the base. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
