Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SOUVENIR BELL

Date Range From

1970

Date Range To

1980

Materials

BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

9.8

Diameter

4.1

Description

BRASS BELL WITH HANDLE SHAPED LIKE ROAD SIGN WITH "BEVERLY HILLS" ON IT. CIRCULAR GAP IN HANDLE HAS SMALL SCULPTURE OF A BEAR HANGING BY A SMALL BRASS LOOP. STAMPED INTO BACK OF HANDLE IS "FORT USA". STAMPED INTO END OF CLAPPER IS "MADE IN U.S.A.".

Subjects

SOUND COMMUNICATION T&E

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

BELL WAS BROUGHT BACK BY DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, AS A SOUVENIR OF HIS TRIP TO BEVERLY HILLS. DONOR'S FATHER TRAVELLED OFTEN AS A MISSIONARY & SPEAKER FOR THE JAPANESE ANGLICAN MISSION. THIS IS ONE OF MANY SOUVENIRS HE BROUGHT BACK FROM SUCH TRIPS. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER AND WERE INTERNED IN SLOCAN CITY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. FOLLOWING THE WAR THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE, ALBERTA. AT COALDALE REV NAKAYAMA FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041093

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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