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[Statue of Liberty: Lights inside torch (III, 7)] – Vintage Print

[Statue of Liberty: Lights inside torch (III, 7)], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[Statue of Liberty: Lights inside torch (III, 7)], [no date recorded on caption card]. 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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The lamps inside the torch are what set this view apart from the many exterior photographs of the statue on this board. Its interior stairways and electrical fittings show how the monument was lit from within, a feature that drew attention once the torch became a visitor destination after the statue's 1886 dedication. The record gives no date, and the photographer's name, Jeannette Griffith, is recorded as unverified, so the exact moment of this picture is uncertain. Still, its focus on the wiring and passageways makes it a useful record of the statue's engineering.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Jeannette Griffith. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Statue of Lib.; Electricity; Stairways; Architecture; MPH.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 2,269 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157060

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