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Cartoon Mocking the Delay in Building the Statue's Base

It took so long for the base of the Statue of Liberty to be constructed that the delay turned into a running joke.
1884 Cartoon

1884 Cartoon Mocking the Delay of Building the Statue's Base

courtesy New York Public Library

This American cartoon from 1884 depicts the Statue of Liberty as an elderly woman, barely able to stand.

Poking fun at the delay in building the base for the statue, the caption reads "The Statue of Liberty: As It Will Appear By the Time the Pedestal Is Finished."

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