Comments on: Statue of Liberty

By: B2J

B2J — Wed, 10 May 2006 14:34:46 +0000

I’m just coming back from a week end in Firenze ( Italy ), and in Santa Croce ( holy cross) church a ” statue of liberty ” dating from ca 1880 looks very much like the New York one, and maybe was an inspiration for bartholdi.

By: James

James — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:50:36 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out “foo”. The stamps are generated automatically from the post’s country or state and Alabama is, alphabetically, the first state of this post. So that’s why it said Alabama, but I’ve now fixed it to say New York.

By: foo

foo — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:12:07 +0000

“Statue of Liberty” and you the postage kind of mark says “Alabama”. Come on!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:47:43 +0000

Rob: There certainly don't seem to be as many of them, but they're definitely still there. Perhaps some of the newer imagery just doesn't have so many?

By: rob

rob — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:26:51 +0000

You know I’ve only just noticed the Google isn’t stamped over all the maps anymore. How long has it been like this?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:50:53 +0000

There is an even smaller one in Vegas as well.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: B2J

B2J — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:55:52 +0000

The statue was offered by French private donators for the centenary of American independance (1886). Made by sculptor Bartholdi with assistance from Gustave Eiffel ( famous later for his tower in Paris ) for the metallic structure. At least 7 smaller replicas are in French towns. The one in Paris was the “prototype” used for raising funds.

By: Lee Bennett

Lee Bennett — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 23:09:56 +0000

There’s a very very small one in Orlando.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:51:22 +0000

You forgot Placemark: the one in Tokyo Bay / Google Earth! (Flickr cluster here)

By: Don Sucha

Don Sucha — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:15:22 +0000

As it was France that gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States, I think that the Statue in Paris is considered the original. The one in the US is the “copy”.