The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, and dedicated on October 28, 1886, was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad.
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
Vintage images of Statue of Liberty under construction (1880s)
