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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!

The gift that keeps on giving sums it up, I seemed to spend half my young life in the Limerick Library! Thank you Mr. Carnegie!!!!!

"Foundation stone laid by Andrew Carnegie in 1903 with the building opening in 1905. Located on Anglesea Street next to City Hall, this elegant building lasted for only 15 years, until 1920. Destroyed in the fire set by British Forces in 1920 retaliating to continuing guerrilla activity by the IRA, which destroyed a good portion of the area." archiseek.com/2013/carnegie-library-cork/

"Librarian and poet Thomas McCarthy tells the story of the destruction of the library and the subsequent restoration of public library service in the city." It includes photos of the library after the burning in 1920.

I wonder are they the librarians up on the balcony/terrace?

Some info on the building: The Carnegie Free Library on Cork’s Anglesea Street (at the western side of today’s City Hall) was officially opened on 12 September 12 1905 at 2.30 in the afternoon. Newspaper reports of the time describe a beautiful building, Elizabethan in style, with the best possible utilisation of space. The vestibule had a terrazzo floor laid by Italian workmen. In common with most Carnegie Free Libraries built at the time, there was a Ladies Reading Room, with its own entrance on the ground floor. The furniture was all made in Cork, with the notice case, the counter, bookstalls and bookcases made from mahogany by John Callanan of Cork. The artistic iron railing which surrounded the building was made by a Mr Watson of Cork and the main contractor was Patrick Murphy.

Desc - Firing 7 guns ? for King of Zaria

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