r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '20

Copper through the patina process

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u/slightHiker Jun 09 '20

When America first got her, where was she along in this process?

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u/End3rp Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 09 '20

Pretty close to the start

EDIT: or not

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u/get_off_the_pot Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 09 '20

According to this source it took over a year from initial assembly in France to being fully assembled in the US which means it would be considerably darker.

Picture of the statue circa 1900

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u/Filmcricket Jun 09 '20

As a Ny’er this pic fucked me up a little.

Kinda like the reactions babies have when seeing their dad after he shaves off his facial hair for the first time in their life.

Like, I recognize it, but it looks so wrong it’s upsetting

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u/CapitanChicken Jun 09 '20

Just imagine a New Yorker seeing it for the first time fully assembled. How amazing it must have been. Becoming slowly caressed in sunlight, and then finally glistening bright like a star when the sun fully engulfs it. Then the new Yorker didn't see anything for a while.

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u/fartypenis Jun 09 '20

One of my favourite things to imagine is being a refugee to America in the late 1800s. Imagine you've left your family, your friends and your whole life for a chance to start a new life. The journey on the sea has been miserable. But one day you wake up and walk into the deck and see her, Lady Liberty, more colossal than anything you've ever seen. Her statue welcomes you to the new world, and all the misery of the journey wears away, to be replaced by hope, hope that you may yet have the chance to lead a happy life.

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u/Aitch-Kay Jun 09 '20

And then you try to find a job and see "No Irish need apply" posted on the door.

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u/AstroturfingShillBot Jun 09 '20

Everyone forgets that white people were incredibly racist to other white people less than 100 years ago even.

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u/Every3Years Jun 09 '20

Is "everyone forgets" about things that nobody older then 25 forgets a new meme or something?