The photographic transparencies were donated in 1988 by collector Michael De Vivo, who received the materials from the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in New York.
The collection was digitized in its entirety in 2016 and is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
The collection was described and prepared for digitization by Judy Ng in 2016.
Mount Rushmore monument photographic transparencies, circa 1938-1939. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Michael De Vivo is a collector from Bedford Hills, New York.
The Mount Rushmore monument photographic transparencies measure 0.4 linear feet and date from circa 1938 to 1939. The color transparencies depict the construction of the presidential portraits atop Mount Rushmore. Several show the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, and others at work on the project.
The collection is arranged as 1 series.
The Ektachrome color transparencies depict the construction of the presidential portraits atop Mount Rushmore. Several show the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, and others at work on busts of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.
Materials are arranged by subject.
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
Gutzon Borglum and Others at Work on Mount Rushmore: circa 1938-1939
Mount Rushmore: circa 1938-1939
Images depict the construction of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, as well as panoramic shots of Mount Rushmore.