Making Mount Rushmore
The story of an extraordinary American undertaking


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(Image credit: (Photo courtesy of the U.S. National Park Service, photographer Charles D'Emery)Borglum had originally conceived of the figures with more detail — including clothing and limbs. But the mounta)

(Image credit: (Everett Collection Historical / Alamy Stock Photo)The workers were paid $8 an hour, which is more than $100 an hour by today's standards. But the work was brutal and dangerous. They had to e)

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(Image credit: (Photo courtesy of the U.S. National Park Service, photographer Charles D'Emery))

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(Image credit: (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service, photographer Lincoln Borglum))



(Image credit: (Photo courtesy of the U.S. National Park Service, photographer Charles D'Emery))

(Image credit: (Photo courtesy of the U.S. National Park Service, photographer Charles D'Emery))
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Jackie Friedman is the assistant photo editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the photojournalism program at Kent State University and now lives in New York.
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