1975
During the 1975-76 season the Walnut's historic fire curtain underwent a $10,000
restoration. The curtain features a hand-painted reproduction of a painting of
the Liberty Bell's casting called
The Liberty Bell's First Note, 1753,
originally painted by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. This historic fire curtain still
hangs above the stage today. (Photograph courtesy of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.)
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