Red-toned photo of an empty lot surrounded by piles of concrete rubble with a row of decrepit apartment buildings with fire escapes in the background.

Exterior location shot for West Side Story

Open journal with entries written in pencil; the pencil is attached to the right side of the journal

Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi’s journal

Historic black-and-white photo showing the Statue of Liberty under construction beneath a web of scaffolding.

Albert Fernique (1841–1898), photographer
Album de la construction de la Statue de la Liberté (Photo #12)
Albumen print, 1883
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection

Album de la construction de la Statue de la Liberté (Photo #12)

This photograph of the construction of the Statue of Liberty in Paris is one of many that the French photographer Albert Fernique took; the Library holds 13 in its collection. Specializing in photographs of engineering and architecture, Fernique captured the intricate and innovative structure of the statue. The copper cladding was designed by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, and the iron skeleton by Gustave Eiffel, whose firm would also design and construct the Eiffel Tower. In this photograph, the statue’s Parisian surroundings emphasize its colossal scale. Bartholdi constructed the statue in Paris before shipping it in pieces to the United States, where it was inaugurated on October 28, 1886.

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