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Two Faced: The Statue of Liberty

December 7, 2008
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Two Faced: The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is actually a statue of two different people. The face was that of Charlotte Bartholdi, the mother of the designer Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The sculptor’s girlfriend, Jeanne-Emilie, was the model for the statue’s arms and body. Who-da thunk it?
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