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Postcard front - Mount Rushmore under construction

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Postcard featuring a photo of Mount Rushmore under construction. Cranes are on top of the heads being sculpted. Scaffolding is on the side of two heads. A large pile of small rocks lays at the base of the mountain. The heads are sculpted to look like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Text at the bottom of the card reads "Mount Rushmore National Monument / Publication Rights Reserved / Canedy's Camera Shop."
Date Published
1931
1939
Publisher
Canedy's Camera Shop
Subjects
Mountains
Sculpture
Time Periods
1931-1940
Subjects, Geographic
Keystone (S.D.)
Notes

No date; likely between 1931 and 1939

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white photomechanical print ; 8 x 13 cm (postcard format)
Member of
Postcard - Mount Rushmore under construction
Source File
umkc_lsc_mclean_photo-120.tif
Genres
Black & white photographs
Gelatin silver prints
Postcards
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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