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Title
View of an unfinished Mount Rushmore, showing only George Washington, in Black Hills, South Dakota, 1940-1950
Creator
Borglum, Gutzon
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1940/1950
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a view of an unfinished Mount Rushmore, showing only George Washington, in Black Hills, South Dakota, 1940-1950. The face of George Washington can be seen carved into the side of a rock mountain at center. The carving is visible on the left portion of the mountain, while rocks and dirt can be seen on the slope below. Rocks appear to be falling down the mountain at center. A structure can be seen on top of the mountain, while the tops of trees are visible in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20820
USC-1-1-1-14235 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8672
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20820
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8672.jpg
Subject
Mountains
Natural features--Mountains--General--Identified
Monuments
Time Period
1940/1950
Place
USA
Source
1-84- [Microfiche number]
8672 [Accession number]
CHS-8672 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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