Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
Approach to the Hall of Records at Mt. Rushmore., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Box Canyon behind stairway and buildings on top of Mt. Rushmore., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Close-up of work in progress on Washington at the Mt. Rushmore monument., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Close-up of work on Jefferson at Mt. Rushmore monument., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Close-up of work on monument at Mt. Rushmore., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Close-up of work on monument at Mt. Rushmore., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Close-up of work on monument at Mt. Rushmore., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Color picture of Mt. Rushmore while work on the monument progressed., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Construction on the Lincoln head at the Mt. Rushmore monument., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Drilling on Mt. Rushmore’s Roosevelt head., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Dynamite blast on Jefferson while work progressed on the Mt. Rushmore monument., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Dynamite blast on Washington’s chest at Mt. Rushmore., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Eastern face of Mt. Rushmore before carving began., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Eastern face of Mt. Rushmore before carving began. The first flag flying from the top., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Entrance to the Hall of Records at Mt. Rushmore., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Gilbert Courtland Fite Collection
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Historian. Reports, correspondence and publications (1926-1952) regarding the Mt. Rushmore National Monument, including correspondence (1925-1940) from its creator, Gutzon Borglum; photocopies of his diary (1925); papers regarding South Dakota Governor Peter Norbeck; a manuscript by Fite regarding consumer cooperatives; official files (1966-1967) of the search committee appointed to recommend a candidate for the office of President of the University of Oklahoma; personal files regarding agricultural farm relief programs; and a typescript of the diary (1932-1933) of George Peek. Gilbert Courtland Fite Photograph Collection also in repository.
Group photo. Gutzon Borglum in middle, Mt. Rushmore before carving in background., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Gutzon and Lincoln Borglum in the aerial tramway at the progressing monument at Mt. Rushmore., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Gutzon Borglum examines work on the Mt. Rushmore monument., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Gutzon Borglum inspecting the Lincoln head on the monument at Mt. Rushmore., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Jefferson at Mt. Rushmore while work on the monument progressed., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Jefferson on Mt. Rushmore while work on the monument progressed., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Lincoln on Mt. Rushmore while work on the monument progressed., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Lincoln on Mt. Rushmore while work on the monument progressed., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Lincoln on Mt. Rushmore while work on the monument progressed., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Lincoln on Mt. Rushmore while work on the monument progressed., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Monument at Mt. Rushmore about three-fourths completed showing basket car., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Monument at Mt. Rushmore about three-fourths completed taken from the Iron Mountain Road Tunnel., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Mrs. Lincoln Borglum on one of the 1000 steps to the top of Rushmore., Undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
Mt. Rushmore during the unveiling of Jefferson, 1936., 1936
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Mount Rushmore before, during, and after construction. Included are close photographs of the presidents’ faces, workers drilling and blasting to shape the likenesses, and the working models sculptor Gutzen Borglum used to create Mount Rushmore.
