The Statue of Liberty
It is time for Sepia Saturday already! I was really excited to see that Alan had prompted us to share photos about statues this week. I have been wanting to share our family visit to the Statue of Liberty way back in 1975. Though these aren't really sepia photos, I hope that you will enjoy them.
In August of 1975, the year before I graduated from high school, we went on our big family vacation to the East Coast and then on to Arkansas. We stayed in Maryland with my aunt, uncle and cousins the first week, and toured all over. One day, we went to Gettysburg. Coming from Oregon, I remember thinking how small the New England states are. You could drive through 5 of them in a day and back, easily. We spent a couple of days in Washington D.C., enjoying all of the sights, including a tour of The White House. I loved the The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History the most.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
This is so blurry! I wonder if the acid from the photo albums did this, or if that is just how those Instamatic cameras were?
On our way to the West Point Military Academy in upstate New York, we stayed overnight in Brooklyn, NY , and took the subway and then the ferry to Liberty Island to check out the Statue of Liberty.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
The day was hot, muggy and smoggy. The humidity was horrible. The camera wasn't digital. But the memories of that day are still pretty fresh.
The Statue of Liberty was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man who built The Eiffel Tower in France. To read more about the statue, you can start here: The Statue of Liberty. There are more documents and links that follow our family photos, if you want to learn more.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
Here, we are on the ferry, just leaving The Battery and on our way to Liberty Island. This was everybody in our group, except for my little bro, who must be the one taking the picture.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
My Dad in his finest 70's outfit.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
It was so hot inside! My sister Julie and I are working our way up to Lady Liberty's crown in this picture. In the one below, the sign tells about how much hotter it is inside than outside.
The quarters are tight and the stairs are steep. Uncle Frank got behind a lady in a mini-skirt, and she kept turning around and glaring at him. He finally told her, "I can't help it lady!" He still laughs about that to this day.
The crown was closed right after 9/11, and didn't reopen until 2009. Here is an article about that, with some neat photos included: "CLICK HERE".
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
Here are some views from the crown. To give you some sort of perspective, the tablet is 23 feet, 7" long, and 13 feet, 7" across.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
Rob, a fellow Sepia Saturday participant, did a post on Lady Liberty's arm and torch, if you want to take a look after you are all done here: "Arm of Liberty".
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
This is when we were leaving and returning to the mainland. It is so funny to think of the days when we had to limit our picture taking because it cost so much to develop them. If I were there today, I would have taken around 100 photos! I'm sure glad that my parents took these. I have some more from my camera, but I couldn't find them. When I do, I'll add them to this post.
More info and links:
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| Source: Satue of Liberty @ Fun Facts.org |
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| Source: Google Maps |
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| Source: The Mitchell Archives.com |
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| Source: Sleep New York.com |
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| Source: The Crane Insider Blog |
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