albertfernique

This is amazing, breathtaking, and a shot of the raw freedoms that some of us have the ability to share

La tête de la statue fut présentée à l'Exposition Universelle de Paris de 1878. La main et le flambeau furent présentés à celle de Philadelphie en 1876.Ils seront exposés au Madison Square à New York pendant cinq ans. Centennial Exhibition Digital Collection. The head of the statue was presented at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1878. In 1876, in connection with the Universal Exhibition in Philadelphia, hand and torch are shipped to New York, and displayed at Madison Square for five years . Centennial Exhibition Digital Collection. > Sur Bartholdi / About Barthodi www.insecula.com/contact/A006782.html Wikipedia : in english en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%c3%a9d%c3%a9ric_Bartholdi ( translate with google)

This photo is being discussed in one of the projects in the Flickr Commons group, and we would love to have this added to the group pool!

There's a clearer version of this photograph by Albert Fernique here.  Note the two "life-size" replicas of the Statue of Liberty on either side of the full-size head.  

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Noble Architecture (Fav 1, Comment on 1), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Excellent!

No sabían lo que estaban construyendo, la importancia y el sentimiento que su causaría su obra.

How wonderful...

This image in this video: vimeo.com/48815853 - thank you.