STATUE OF LIBERTY
Guidebook
1940
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CONTENTS

Cover

Statue of Liberty National Monument
Historical Background
Building the Pedestal
Auguste Bartholdi
Bedloe's Island
Lighting the Statue
Improvements to the Monument
Statue of Liberty Visit
"The New Colossus"

THE COVER

Liberty's uplifted torch burns nightly as a symbol of the everlasting vigilance and love of human nobility which alone can keep man free



This aerial view of New York Harbor shows Bedloe's Island in the central foreground with the Statue of Liberty facing in the direction of incoming ships; Jersey shore docks in lower left corner; Ellis Island, which has been a gateway to the United States for millions of people since 1900, at left center; the mouth of the Hudson or North River between Ellis Island and Manhattan in upper left; the East Page River to the right of Manhattan in upper center; Brooklyn in upper right; Governors Island at upper right center; and the main ship channel between Bedloe's and Governors Islands in the center



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1940

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENTOF THE INTERIOR
HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • NEWTON B. DRURY, Director





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