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Mount Rushmore before carving

A black and white photograph of the Mount Rushmore prior to any carving. The granite face of the mountain has numerous vertical cracks and crevices. The lower third of the image is covered by ponderosa pine trees.

Gutzon Borglum picked this mountain and location because the grain of the rock was suitable for carving and the mountain faced southeast which meant it would be in the sun for much of the day.

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Code: MORU

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Pennington County, South Dakota
Latitude: 43.8804016113281, Longitude: -103.453002929688

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