This listing is for the 5"x7"original glass photograph negative/s .   A policeman poses with a baby in front of the Liberty Bell during its brief stop in Plainfield, Connecticut in June 1903.     Liberty Bell by Railroad Tracks with PHILADELPHIA and PENNSYLVANIA signs.   People are looking at the bell.   There is a train.  

I found this same exact photo on-line.    Now you can have the original glass negative.

Research from the internet:  Today in 1903, just after 6:00 p.m., one of the most iconic symbols of American freedom — the Liberty Bell — arrived in Connecticut. Over the next 24 hours, it would visit five Connecticut cities and towns, giving tens of thousands of Connecticans a chance to see and be seen in its presence, before continuing its whirlwind, whistle-stop tour to Boston and the 128th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Most Americans today think of the Liberty Bell as a stationary, permanent fixture of Philadelphia; a typical “look but don’t touch” museum piece viewed from behind rope lines in Independence National Historical Park. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, however, the Liberty Bell was constantly on the move, traveling across the country to serve as the inanimate guest of honor at countless state fairs, expositions, and patriotic celebrations. On June 16, 1903, the bell was loaded onto a special train headed to Boston for the the 128th anniversary of the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Bunker Hill. After spending most of the day making brief stops in New Jersey and New York, the train arrived in Stamford, Connecticut just after 6:00 p.m., where a large crowd had less than 15 minutes to view the Liberty Bell aboard its custom-built, exposed train car before it continued on its way. The iconic bell made one more stop in Bridgeport before ending the day’s journey in New Haven, where it was met by a crowd of thousands. The next day, the Liberty Bell departed for Hartford early in the morning, where over 10,000 people swarmed the train for a chance to see, touch, and take photographs with the famous icon, despite periods of heavy rain. After making another stop in the eastern Connecticut town of Plainfield, the Liberty Bell traveled through Rhode Island and ended its two-day journey in Boston, just in time for the June 17th anniversary of Bunker Hill.


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We purchased a large lot of these glass negatives and we are currently trying to tie the photos all together.  

• There are different locales and different names.
• Those that are dated are basically 1890s so far in the 1-400 range.   Negatives in the 500 range are early 1900s, maybe up to 1903.   They are all from the same lot and photographer
• The envelope/sleeves are fragile and crack easy and are damaged
• Clearly the person taking the photos was a professional and appeared to travel through the US and Canada.
• A stamp on one of the envelopes leads us to believe this was a Connecticut Photographer.

As we get more information through our research, we will update this listing.
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