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Title	View of sign at Jap. Pagoda with Kobe-Seattle friendship bell
Identifier	spl_wl_sec_01112
Description	Kobe-Seattle Friendship Bell, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). Seattle and Kobe, Japan, formed one of the first United States sister city relationships in 1957. In 1962, the city of Kobe gave this one-ton temple bell to Seattle to recognize the friendship between the United States and Japan. The bell was partially funded by donations from Kobe schoolchildren.
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Kobe-Seattle Friendship Bell Pavilion (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Kōbe-shi (Japan)--Relations--Washington (State)--Seattle Seattle (Wash.)--Relations--Japan--Kōbe-shi Buddhist temple bells--Washington (State)--Seattle Signs and signboards--Washington (State)--Seattle Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee (Seattle, Wash.)
Date	1962-05-12
Period	During the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Japanese Temple Bell
Digitization Specifications	Master image scanned on Epson 10000 XL flatbed at 600 ppi, 24 bit color, saved as TIFF file.
File Format	image/jp2
Collection	Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Rights Management	To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, email jodee.fenton@spl.org or call 206-386-4610.
Type (DCMI)	image
Item Type	Photographs
Source	Original: 8 x10 b/w photographic print
Transcript	PRESENTED BY THE PEOPLE OF KOBE TO THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE AS A SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP. MAY THIS BELL RING FOREVER SIGNIFYING FRIENDSHIP AND GOODWILL BETWEEN THE NATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND JAPAN. APRIL 21, 1962 CITY OF KOBE, JAPAN KOBE-SEATTLE AFFILIATION COMMITTEE
Date created	2012-01-22