1919 - Republic Fire Truck Bell

1919 - Republic Fire Truck - Below is the bell that rang the alarm through town and country side enroute to a fire!

David always said the bell was 1919 but wonder if it is not the 1907 Truck bell or the bell from the hand pulled cart/truck? No documentation forthe bell so far

What the words are on the edge of the bell is unknown - it is the first I realized there was any writing on it at all! David Burns had it install under the hood of his pickup sometime in the late 1980's and much to the chagrin of many he loved to ring the bell as he went through town - or if ornery enough he waited until someone was right in front of the truck walking by and rang it making many a folk jump a few feet either forward or in the air; you could always hear him coming also during chuck-hole season.

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