Video

Call Bell Restoration

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

Description

The working lives of the domestic servants at Lindenwald were busy, to say the least. They worked at least ten hours a day, usually more, and rarely had an entire day to spend off the property. When they were in the home, the domestics were literally on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as attested to by an elaborate system of call bells throughout Lindenwald. To see how the call bell system was recreated in the home we have a 15 minute video of the restoration.

Duration

14 minutes, 51 seconds

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