prev pinner note: Between 1876 and the arm of the Statue of Liberty was in Madison Square Park, NY, for fund-raising to complete the Statue. Anyone could pay 50 cents to climb to the torch balcony.
In this photo released by Agence Papyrus the hand and flame of the Statue of Liberty, designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, are seen at the Universal Exposition in Philadelphia in
Many nearly-forgotten legends surround James “Jimmy Stink” Collins Johnson, who lived in Princeton for most of his life after escaping from slavery in Maryland.