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Model in the original on-site studio

View of the interior of the first on-site sculptor's studio with a large window to the right. A woman wearing a dark dress is standing outside leaning against a railing with Mount Rushmore in the background. The left side of the image show the scale model made of plaster with a scaffold in front of the model.

This is the plaster model created by Gutzon Borglum in the first on-site sculptor's studio. Measurements were taken from this model and transferred to the mountain.

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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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