Scaffolding attached to Jefferson and Washington at unfinished Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota, 1930-1940

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Title	Scaffolding attached to Jefferson and Washington at unfinished Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota, 1930-1940
Description	Photograph of a view of scaffolding attached to Jefferson and Washington at unfinished Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota, 1930-1940. A carving of a large nose and eye sockets can be seen at right behind scaffolding. At least three men can be seen on the side of the carving attached to ropes, while two wooden structures can be seen at right on top of the mountain. The profile of a carving of a second face is visible at left. Mountains are visible in the left background, while railing can be seen on top of a stone outcropping in the right foreground. Photoprint reads: "Gutzon Borglum's Jefferson monument".
Subject (adlf)	monuments
Subject (file heading)	Natural features -- Mountains -- General -- Identified
Subject (lcsh)	Mountains
Geographic subject (state)	South Dakota
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1930/1940
Artist	Borglum, Gutzon
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1930/1940
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	8671
Call number	CHS-8671
Legacy record ID	chs-m14169; USC-1-1-1-14330; USC-1-1-1-14235
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-8671
Archival file	chs_Volume89/CHS-8671.tiff

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