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Number on back upper right corner: 6C-K977.
The marble and coquina stone tower contains 60 bronze bells weighing from 17 pounds to more than 11 tons. It later became a National Historic Landmark and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Accompanying note: "The Sun Dial which is found on the South Side of Florida's Beautiful Singing Tower. The Inscription reads 'This Singing Tower with its adjacent sanctuary was dedicated and presented for visitation to the American people by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, February the First, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Nine.'"
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Close-up view of sundial at the base of Bok Tower at the gardens in Lake Wales, Florida. 1956. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/259042>, accessed 17 June 2026.
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Close-up view of sundial at the base of Bok Tower at the gardens in Lake Wales, Florida. 1956. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/259042>
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