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Bartholdi Statue and Labor Tale From 19th Century Debates
The narrative covers Bartholdi’s statue of Liberty, its early conception in the 1870s, fundraising, and pedestal progress with support from Paris and New York. It notes the World and J Pulitzer backing, the statue’s dimensions, and Bartholdi’s background. It also reports a state labor bureau survey, an incident with Gov Alger’s employer, and a critique of 1884 campaign claims about labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
United States
Liberty
New York Harbor
M. Bartholdi
Union Franco-Americaine de France
Paris
Philadelphia
New York
Congress
Bedloe’s Island
New York World
J. Pulitzer
Colossus
Rhodes
Colmar
France
Scheffer
Francesca di Rimini
Lafayette
Union Square
Labor Bureau
Secretary of the State
Gov. Alworn
Gov. Alger
Bre
John Heredhel
Ayiyium
Caroline
Sir John
Edwin
Holden
Eugene V. Smalley
New Orleans
Bopife
Howell
Fennell
Theodore Roossvelk
Chicago
Bishop Dudley
Entr
Ae Ee Perenne
John Brows
Deaver Dam Creek
Gaines
Mul
Geo. D. H. Hill
John Porter
Gaeigen
Mapa
Solnery