Jacob L. Loose Collection

Abraham Lincoln façade under construction at Mount Rushmore, has sculptors tethered by ropes hanging about the monument.

Workers, tethered on ropes, carving the George Washington and Thomas Jefferson busts on Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota. Signed in ink in the lower, right-hand corner, "Greetings to MM Ella C...

Sculptors, tethered to ropes, hang about the busts of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln as they work on Mount Rushmore under construction.