GUTZON BORGLUM BEGINS SCULPTING MOUNT RUSHMORE (1927) & North by Northwest scene

Gutzon Borglum Begins Sculpting Mount Rushmore (1927)

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a massive carving of four US presidents’ heads, each about 60 ft (18 m) high, on the side of a South Dakota mountain, took 400 workers 14 years to complete. Its designer, sculptor Gutzon Borglum—who had previously worked on a Confederate memorial on Georgia’s Stone Mountain—died before Rushmore was completed, and his unfinished Hall of Records behind the heads is off-limits to the public. What nearby mountain sculpture will dwarf Rushmore when completed? More… Discuss

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption]

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