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Have you seen the two faces side by side? https://tribzap2it.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/lady-liberty-comp.jpg https://tribzap2it.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/la

Have you seen the two faces side by side? https://tribzap2it.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/lady-liberty-comp.jpg https://tribzap2it.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/lady-liberty-... I quite prefer the original myself. The post office made an aesthetic as well as legal mistake. The older Lady Liberty is not as pretty, but she's more handsome. She's less symmetrical, more craggy. Her face has seen more pain and made more hard choices. I get an impression of character that I don't get from Vegas Liberty. My grandfather immigrated through Ellis Island around 1905. I imagine he passed that grand sculpture on the way, and saw a stronger, more concerned and committed face than Vegas Liberty's.

efa 8y ago
Yeah, how cheesy that the US (the US!) post office used a Vegas statue instead of the one on Ellis Island. What were they thinking!?
- Johnny555 8y ago
  Probably "This looks like the statue of liberty". Unless I saw the photos side by side, I doubt I'd notice that the Vegas one was not legit or that it looked any different from the real one.
  - DonHopkins 8y ago
    Good thing the US Postal Office didn't make the same mistake and use a picture of a Las Vegas Elvis impersonator on their Elvis Presley Forever stamp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley_Forever_stamp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley_Forever_stamp https://www.lasvegas-entertainment-guide.com/las-vegas-impersonators.html https://www.lasvegas-entertainment-guide.com/las-vegas-imper...
- lostlogin 8y ago
  American made versus a foreign import?
  - cbcoutinho 8y ago
    The statue of liberty was a gift from France, so also foreign made.
    - jm547ster 8y ago
      I believe that was the implication
- jedberg 8y ago
  In another article I read they quoted the person in charge of the decision, who said that he found it on a stock photo site and just like that "newer take on Lady Liberty". Maybe he just thought it was from a different angle or was photoshopped to have softer features?
- joecool1029 8y ago
  The statue is on Liberty Island, not Ellis Island.
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  - extra88 8y ago
    They didn’t say it was but you can see it on the way to Ellis Island.

efa 8y ago

Yeah, how cheesy that the US (the US!) post office used a Vegas statue instead of the one on Ellis Island. What were they thinking!?

Johnny555 8y ago
Probably "This looks like the statue of liberty". Unless I saw the photos side by side, I doubt I'd notice that the Vegas one was not legit or that it looked any different from the real one.
- DonHopkins 8y ago
  Good thing the US Postal Office didn't make the same mistake and use a picture of a Las Vegas Elvis impersonator on their Elvis Presley Forever stamp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley_Forever_stamp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley_Forever_stamp https://www.lasvegas-entertainment-guide.com/las-vegas-impersonators.html https://www.lasvegas-entertainment-guide.com/las-vegas-imper...
lostlogin 8y ago
American made versus a foreign import?
- cbcoutinho 8y ago
  The statue of liberty was a gift from France, so also foreign made.
  - jm547ster 8y ago
    I believe that was the implication
jedberg 8y ago
In another article I read they quoted the person in charge of the decision, who said that he found it on a stock photo site and just like that "newer take on Lady Liberty". Maybe he just thought it was from a different angle or was photoshopped to have softer features?
joecool1029 8y ago
The statue is on Liberty Island, not Ellis Island.
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- extra88 8y ago
  They didn’t say it was but you can see it on the way to Ellis Island.