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New York City. Bedloe's Island. Statue of Lib.: front view from base – Vintage Print

New York City. Bedloe's Island. Statue of Lib.: front view from base, ca. 1908. — historic photograph
New York City. Bedloe's Island. Statue of Lib.: front view from base, ca. 1908.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Step back in time with New York City. Bedloe's Island. Statue of Lib.: front view from base, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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New York City. Bedloe's Island. Statue of Lib.: front view from base

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Taken from the base looking up, this view shows the full front of the statue on Bedloe's Island, the island that has since been renamed Liberty Island. France gave the statue to the United States, and it was dedicated in 1886 after Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed it. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs made in New York in the early 1900s. The date of about 1908 is taken from an old caption card, so it is approximate. The low angle makes the monument look especially tall against the sky.

Created / publishedca. 1908.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Title; Shelf. Statue of Liberty.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,118 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121408

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