Mount Rushmore


This is the model that they used to carve Mt. Rushmore.  They ran out of money before they  finished.  Notice that Abe  is holding his labels. and George and Thomas have coats.  The sculptor, Gutzon Borglum went to Chicago to raise money, but unfortunately died.  Notice Abraham Lincoln's hand in the picture below, it is only his knuckles.

Every where we go, I offer to take pictures of people so that all the family can be in the picture.  A young couple insisted in taking a picture of us. 


The used dynamite to blast within 3 inches of the face, then gradually smaller tools to finish the detailing.  I was impressed with the drill marks on the rocks at the foot of the mounument.


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