Unique elevated view of Mount Rushmore National Monument
Unique aerial photo of Mount Rushmore National Monument, South Dakota. Mount Rushmore, the President's Mountain, is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It was the brainchild of Doane Robinson, known as the “Father of Mount Rushmore.” His goal was to create an attraction that would draw people from all over the country to his state. Robinson contacted Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor who was working on the monument at Stone Mountain, Georgia. Borglum met with Robinson during 1924 and 1925. He was the one who identified Mount Rushmore as a perfect location for a grand monument. Robinson worked with John Boland, President Calvin Coolidge, Congressman William Williamson, and Senator Peter Norbeck to gain support in Congress and the funding to proceed with the project in Keystone, South Dakota.
Size: 4384px × 2466px
Location: Mount Rushmore, Keystone, South Dakota,
Photo credit: © Robert Quinlan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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