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TITLE	Photograph of the Old LDS Church Bell
CREATOR	City of Show Low, AZ
SUBJECT	Communication Artifact: Documentary Artifact: Print, Photographic
Browse Topic	Religion and philosophy Society and culture
DESCRIPTION	The bell in the belfry of the Old LDS Show Low Ward Church building served the community as a prompt that meetings were about to begin. As the years passed, the old hemp rope that was used for the ringing broke, and it became a challenge for the teenage youths to shinny up the walls to ring the bell. One day, as the bellringer made his swing, the bell quit ringing, but dully clanked. His father shouted, "Hellfry! What's going on in the belfry?" "Of course, it wasn't some kind of a prank, the boy answered, "The dinger just wouldn't ding!" And no matter how hard he would crank, all he could get was a clank. The bell had lost it's ring. The old cracked bell now rests on the east side of the chapel on Cooley Street.
TYPE	Image
Material Collection	Show Low Historical Society Museum Photo Archives
RIGHTS MANAGEMENT	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Please contact the Show Low Museum for permission to use the digital image.
DATE ORIGINAL	2005-02-15
Time Period	1930s (1930-1939)
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Born Digital
DIGITAL IDENTIFIER	bell01.jpg
Date Digital	2007-03-06
DIGITAL FORMAT	JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
REPOSITORY	Show Low Museum (http://www.showlowmuseum.com)
Sort Order	0076