After 10 years of labor, Lady Liberty was first born in Paris in 1884...
Liberty being built in Paris workshopErected in Paris.....
Various stages of Liberty installation in Parisand then disassembled, packed into 214 crates, shipped across the Atlantic, and born again on October 28, 1886, on what was then known as Bedloe's Island in New York harbor...
Liberty installed in New YorkHer costs, in large part, were borne by a French people's lottery, as well as from collecting sous from school children in France and, later, pennies from kids in America.
It also involved extraordinary commitments from the likes of Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez and Panama Canals, and Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher of the New York World newspaper to cover her costs.
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