Work closes on Mt. Rushmore memorial – Antique Print
(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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A window into the past: Work closes on Mt. Rushmore memorial, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Work closes on Mt. Rushmore memorial
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The photograph records the moment in October 1941 when crews stopped work on the granite face at Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum had directed the carving since 1927, and he died in March 1941, leaving his son Lincoln to finish the project as federal funding and attention shifted toward the approaching war. The four presidential heads, Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln, were largely complete by then, and the scene marks the end of the carving as the sculptors had planned it.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1941 |
| Subjects | Monuments & memorials--South Dakota--1940-1950. National parks & reserves--South Dakota--1940-1950. Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,274 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-179067 |
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