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4.9.17: The light of democracy — examining the Statue of Liberty

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    Video \(\PageIndex{1}\): Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, installed 1886, conceived by Édouard Laboulaye, sculpture designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, engineered by Gustave Eiffel, pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Steven Zucker

    SmartHistory images for teaching and learning:

    Porch entrance, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
    Interior nuts and bolts, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
    Interior structure, looking up, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
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    Base, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
    Copper cladding, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
    Base, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
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    Copper cladding, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
    Stone lintel, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
    Base, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
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    Entrance detail, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
    Interior structure, looking up, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
    Bosses on base, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
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    Bartholdi, Eiffel, and Hunt, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
    Original torch, The Statue of Liberty, 1886
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