This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Statue of Liberty origins and structure details
Feature recounts the origin of the Statue of Liberty from Laboulaye’s insight to Bartholdi and the Franco American collaboration. It describes the pedestal design by Hunt, Stone’s supervision, the monument’s dimensions, an internal copper and iron framework, a spiral stair, and the torch with electric lights guiding ships into New York Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
M. Laboulaye
Versailles
France
America
United States
Lafayette
Mr. Laboulaye
M. Bartholdi
New York Harbor
Congress
Bedloe’s Island
Paris
Morton
Liberty
New Jersey
Richard M. Hunt
Charles P. Stone
Egypt
Begorra
New York
Bartholdi
United States of America