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Statue of Liberty, Spiral Staircase,2009

Statue interior, from level 7P, with double helical staircase. The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States: a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad. Historic American Engineering Record, Jet Lowe, 2009 (cropped and cleaned).
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Title:
Statue of Liberty, Spiral Staircase,2009
Caption:
Statue interior, from level 7P, with double helical staircase. The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States: a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad. Historic American Engineering Record, Jet Lowe, 2009 (cropped and cleaned).
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Album / Science Source / Library of Congress
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Image size:
3296 x 4800 px | 45.3 MB
Print size:
27.9 x 40.6 cm | 11.0 x 16.0 in (300 dpi)
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