The National Monument to the Forefathers (unfinished)
date: label: date made
content: 1859-1888
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; The National Monument to the Forefathers; text on verso tells about The National Monument to the Forefathers; sold by A. S. Burbank, Bookseller and Stationer; depicts the 81 foot tall monument commisioned by the Pilgrim Society, cornerstone laid in 1859 and completed in 1888 and dedicated on August 01, 1889; monument faces northeast to Plymouth Harbor; octagonal pedestal with four projecting buttresses; four small and four large faces; main statue is "Faith" with right hand pointing up and left hand clutching Christian bible; this image depicts the unfinished monument since some of the smaller statues on the pedestal are missing
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Plymouth
topic: label: Subject
content: Monuments
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3033.0273
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3033
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3033.0273
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stereograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm