- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Stone Mountain Memorial
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1925
- Subject:
- Monuments & memorials--Georgia--Stone Mountain
Monuments & memorials
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Museums
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 - People:
- Lukeman, Augustus, 1871-1935
Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941, sculptor - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, 33.80816, -84.1702
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Gutzon Borglum's sculpture as it is blasted off Stone Mountain by the crew of sculptor Augustus Lukeman.
Confederate Memorials; United Daughters of the Confederacy; UDC;
Stone Mountain is composed of granite and has a bas-relief sculpture of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis carved into its face. The carving was conceived by Helen Plane in 1909, and carved by several artists whose work was subsequently removed from the mountain. In 1964, artist Walker Hancock took up the carving which was eventually completed by Roy Faulkner in 1970. In 1958, the state of Georgia purchased the property surrounding Stone Mountain and converted it into a public park. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.2027.001
ahc1702027001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2279
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission ofr use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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