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Visitors to the Statue of Liberty climbing to the observation platform within the head – Vintage Wall Art

Visitors to the Statue of Liberty climbing to the observation platform within the head, [1944(?)] — historic photograph
Visitors to the Statue of Liberty climbing to the observation platform within the head, [1944(?)]. 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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This historic photograph of Visitors to the Statue of Liberty climbing to the observation platform within the head brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Visitors to the Statue of Liberty climbing to the observation platform within the head

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Visitors in this photograph are working their way up the narrow interior stairway inside the statue's head toward the observation platform in the crown, a climb that puts them close to the iron framework behind the copper skin. The crown's seven rays and its windows were a reason many visitors made the trip, and by the 1940s the monument had been under federal care for more than a decade. The picture's approximate date places it during the Second World War, when tourism to the statue was modest but steady.

Created / published[1944(?)]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
SubjectsStatue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1940-1950. Stairways--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,138 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161928

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