Fabrication

On January 6th 2016 the New York Public Library granted access to all Public Domain items in its digital collections so that everyone has the freedom to enjoy and reuse these materials in anyway that they feel.

It is a major concession to all.

Amongst the 672,297 items in the vast collections of the NYPL I have been attracted to those below which are images from the prefabrication of the Statue of Liberty in 1883 in Paris prior to its dismantling and shipping out to New York.

The photos form part of the "Album de la Construction de la Statue de la Liberte" from the lens of Albert Fernique of the iconic sculpture of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.

They are from the Miriam and Ira Wallach Collection.