[The Statue of Liberty. 2 pictures: 1. The statue - Bedloe's Island; 2. The head] – Historic Print
![[The Statue of Liberty. 2 pictures: 1. The statue - Bedloe's Island; 2. The head], c1887. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fa/fa7e0f6cac5f-L.webp)
(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 [The Statue of Liberty. 2 pictures: 1. The statue - Bedloe's Island; 2. The head], a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[The Statue of Liberty. 2 pictures: 1. The statue - Bedloe's Island; 2. The head]
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Two albertypes from about 1887 pair a full view of the statue on Bedloe's Island with a close study of its head, the part of the monument most visitors saw first from the water. The statue had been dedicated only months earlier, on October 28, 1886, after its copper sheets were shipped from France in crates and assembled on the island. Albertypes were a photomechanical process that let publishers turn photographs into inexpensive reproductions, and the copyright credit to Adolph Wittemann of New York City shows how quickly commercial photographers sold views of the new landmark.
| Created / published | c1887. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : albertype. |
| Notes | 2 albertypes copyrighted by Adolph Wittemann, New York City. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Statues. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156346 |
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