Lot 43
Mount Rushmore and Gutzon Borglum -- Collection of 21 Photos by Charles d'Emery, 1929-1934. Started on October 4, 1927 and finished on October 31, 1941, Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a massive sculpture carved into Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. Created under the direction of Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln, the sculpture holds roughly 60-ft.-high granite faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. This collection of 21 9½ x 7¾" "key-book" photos is linen-backed with punch holes on an added strip to place in a reference book used for continuity during the project. Some of the photos have a warning to credit Publishers' Photo Service, N.Y., and a few have notes, such as a playful one about Jefferson's nose needing to be reduced. Fine. Some three million people a year visit the sculpture. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP
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