Mount Rushmore Profile of George Washington

The profile view of George Washington on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest is the site of four gigantic carved... more

by Tom Mc Nemar

Title

Mount Rushmore Profile of George Washington

Artist

Tom Mc Nemar

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

The profile view of George Washington on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest is the site of four gigantic carved sculptures depicting the faces of U.S. President George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Led by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum, work on the project began in 1927 and was finally completed in 1941. Over that time period, some 400 workers erected the sculpture under dangerous conditions, removing a total of 450,000 tons of rock in order to create the enormous carved heads, each of which reached a height of 60 feet (18 meters).

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August 20th, 2017