- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Postcard of men suspended in harnesses on Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia, 1923]
- Date of Original:
- 1920/1929
- Subject:
- Landscape--Georgia--Stone Mountain
Arts--Georgia--Stone Mountain - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, 33.80816, -84.1702
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Dekalb County, 1923. Lester Barlow, engineer; Captain J.G. Tucker, Supt. of the work; Gutzon Borglum, sculptor in charge of work, suspended over the precipice in a harness attached to the end of steel cables."--from field notes
2003/01/27: According to Vanishing Dekalb, by the Dekalb Historical Society, (pg. 125) Borglum, who carved the Lincoln statue in Washington D.C., "made the first attempt to carve a Confederate Memorial on Stone Mountain. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_dek120-85
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:dek120-85
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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