Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a view of scaffolding attached to Jefferson and Washington at unfinished Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota, 1930-1940. A carving of a large nose and eye sockets can be seen at right behind scaffolding. At least three men can be seen on the side of the carving attached to ropes, while two wooden structures can be seen at right on top of the mountain. The profile of a carving of a second face is visible at left. Mountains are visible in the left background, while railing can be seen on top of a stone outcropping in the right foreground. Photoprint reads: "Gutzon Borglum's Jefferson monument".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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