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Completing the torch, Statue of Liberty – Antique Print

Completing the torch, Statue of Liberty, c1886. — historic photograph
Completing the torch, Statue of Liberty, c1886.. Historic photograph from the Statue of Liberty collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Completing the torch, Statue of Liberty, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Completing the torch, Statue of Liberty

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The title places this picture at the moment the torch was being finished, a part of the statue that was long associated with its fundraising. The torch was built in France and shown in New York years before the full statue stood in the harbor, so a view of it being completed in about 1886 captures the final stretch of construction before the dedication on October 28, 1886. The record notes that its caption card is unverified, so the exact setting and workers should be checked. Still, the image shows how the statue's most recognizable element came together on Bedloe's Island, now Liberty Island.

Created / publishedc1886.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesR24222 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,036 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159276

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