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[View from Statue of Liberty of visitors walking beneath the raised right hand of the statue which casts a shadow on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor] – Historic Reproduction

[View from Statue of Liberty of visitors walking beneath the raised right hand of the statue which casts a shadow on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor], 1944 — historic photograph
[View from Statue of Liberty of visitors walking beneath the raised right hand of the statue which casts a shadow on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor], 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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From high on the statue, the photographer looks down on visitors strolling beneath the raised right hand, whose shadow falls across the ground of Bedloe's Island, the name the island carried until 1956. The scene shows how the monument drew steady crowds even in 1944, when the country was at war and many public places were quieter. The statue was a gift from France, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and dedicated in 1886. Its outstretched arm and torch became one of the most recognized landmarks for people arriving in New York Harbor.

Created / published1944
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesNo. 15580-PBS.
SubjectsStatue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1940-1950. Shadows--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 2,194 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162590

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