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Saturday, June 17, 2017

Happy Anniversary To The Statute of Liberty! (She arrived in NYC 1885)


"On this day (June the seventeenth) in 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America, arrives in New York Harbor after being shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces packed in more than 200 cases," proclaims a page in a web-site titled THIS DAY IN HISTORY. The Statue of Liberty is often called Lady Liberty.

A number of years ago, I came upon a driftwood sculpture (at Long Beach), that was rendered in her likeness by an anonymous artist. This work of art is featured in  the image atop this entry.

Over my years of living in Manhattan, I have seen The Statue of Liberty countless times. Most of my vantage points have been from my this borough, as I have lived here for over thirty-five years.

However, I've seen her several times when I've been on from various boat trips. I've also seen her from other places. The photographs directly below show how looks from a vantage point of Red Hook (in Brooklyn) as well as from a vantage point on Governors Island (respectively).



Moreover, in my home, I have a figurine depicting Lady Liberty. She can be seen in the next image.


I got her at More & More Antiques (M&M), a shop located on NYC's Upper Westside.
M&M's store-front can be seen in the following photograph; and the picture after that shows a very partial view of the shop's interior.



More & More Antiques is currently selling My Fauna-Flora-Insect-Themed Cards, which are indicated by an arrow that I've affixed to the latter images.

Here are the thumbnails for my postcards:



All the pictures in this collection feature photographs which I took in my urban garden.

Additionally, each image is from the digital as well as the soft-cover version of Cam's first book, Words In Our Beak Volume One.




My Fauna-Flora-Insect-Themed Cards and the book, Words In Our Beak Volume One, make a great gift for Fathers Day, which is tomorrow! Therefore, if you plan on getting something for a person who is a father, I urge you to consider these gift options, for as you may know, Fathers Day is for the birds!

ADDENDUM FALL 2018: 

The non-hardcover version (or versions)  of Volume One within the Words In Our Beak book series that are mentioned in this entry may only remain available for a limited time, but hardcover versions of Volume One, Two and Three can now be found wherever books are sold. Please click here to go to my blog post that provides details as to where you can get these books.

MY BOOK SERIES

Additionally, I have rendered some images from these books into other formats and they are available via Fine Art America (FAA). Some of my other photographs (Black & White Collection, Kaleidoscopic Images and the famous Mandarin duck who visited NYC) can also be found on my FAA pages.

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