Bartholdi's colossal Statue of Liberty presented to Americans by the French people, Bedloes Island, New York Harbor – Antique Wall Art
(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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This historic photograph of Bartholdi's colossal Statue of Liberty presented to Americans by the French people, Bedloes Island, New York Harbor brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Bartholdi's colossal Statue of Liberty presented to Americans by the French people, Bedloes Island, New York Harbor
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Few monuments in New York Harbor are as recognizable as Bartholdi's colossal figure on Bedloe's Island, which this caption describes as a gift from the French people to Americans. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the copper statue, and Gustave Eiffel's firm engineered its iron framework. It was dedicated in 1886 as a symbol of friendship between the two republics. This card is a stereograph, a pair of nearly identical photographs meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. It was copyrighted by William H. Rau, a Philadelphia photographer who produced many such views of American landmarks.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by William H. Rau. No. 5597. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Ph. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 800 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157647 |
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