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Ten feet across is the width of each eye in the head of Abraham Lincoln carved from solid rock in the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The pupils are 30 inches long...

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

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Print Collection portrait file

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Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865

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Title
Ten feet across is the width of each eye in the head of Abraham Lincoln carved from solid rock in the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The pupils are 30 inches long...
Names
D'Emery, Charles, active 1930s (Photographer)
Collection

Print Collection portrait file

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Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Topics
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Sculpture
Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
Photography
Genres
Clippings
Portraits
Photographs
Notes
Content: Caption continues: Charles d'Emery took this picture swinging on a 1500-foot cable--New York Times
Content: Title and statement of responsibility from caption in clipping affixed to back.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Portrait File
TMS ID: 422070
TMS Object Number: Portraits (Abraham Lincoln).0138
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5fd2b860-c57e-012f-45e5-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1938: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Ten feet across is the width of each eye in the head of Abraham Lincoln carved from solid rock in the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The pupils are 30 inches long..." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-c297-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Ten feet across is the width of each eye in the head of Abraham Lincoln carved from solid rock in the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The pupils are 30 inches long..." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 3, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-c297-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938). Ten feet across is the width of each eye in the head of Abraham Lincoln carved from solid rock in the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The pupils are 30 inches long... Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-c297-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-c297-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Ten feet across is the width of each eye in the head of Abraham Lincoln carved from solid rock in the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The pupils are 30 inches long..., (1938)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 3, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Ten feet across is the width of each eye in the head of Abraham Lincoln carved from solid rock in the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The pupils are 30 inches long...