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The JoAch o^ -the S ta tu e o-fa L ib e r ty was on at th e E x p o sitio n at
P h ila d elp h ia . SculptoA Auguste BaAtholdi v is it e d th e USA 1871-75 & S e le c te d I s .
in Neu> VoAk haAbouA as th e id e a l s i t e ^oa th e S ta tu e w hich he was ch ea tin g [qv 1886).

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AuguiLe BaAthotdi Touh 1816 l Head 1818 1991

The Head o^ L ibeA ty was on d isp la y at th e 1878 E x p o sitio n in & th e
com plete S ta tu e was pA esented to th e AmeAican AmbassadoA in PaAis on 4 .JU L .8 4 . V icto A
Hugo went to se e i t in NovembeA 1884 & gave h is to an appAopAiate FAench

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1878 E x p o sitio n U n iv e A S e lle in P a A is, FAance was one to have a U .S .
S ta tio n . V ote Lock C o ., Stam^oAd, Conn, s e t up a PO to Show th e iA new in v e n tio n
th e 'Locked B o x’ ^OAexpediting m ail h a n d lin g . M ail A eceiv e d th e S p e c ia l handstamp & was
passed to th e FAench PO ^oA tA anSm iSSion. 1 a ^ ix e d U .S . stam ps weAe le { ,t u n c a n c e lle d .

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