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Mount Rushmore

Item

Title
Mount Rushmore
Description
The heads of four presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, are carved into Mount Rushmore, known by the Lakota as Six Grandfathers.
Coordinates
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, SD 57751
Location
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, South Dakota
Note
Work on the monument began in 1927 and was stopped in 1941.
Abstract
Mount Rushmore is a prominent U.S. monument carved from Six Grandfathers Mountain. Gutzon Borglum was the chief sculptor, assisted by Luigi Del Bianco. It features four presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lincoln. Carving began in 1927 in Keystone, South Dakota, and ceased in 1941.
Creator
Gutzon Borglum; Luigi Del Bianco |103
Date
1941/10/31
Medium
Cut out of Six Grandfathers, or Mount Rushmore
Subject
George Washington|Thomas Jefferson|Theodore Roosevelt|Abraham Lincoln
Item sets
Memory Sites