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A Brooklyn art exhibit for the Statue of Liberty

Too bad this poster doesn’t provide any details on what, exactly, was being exhibited by this now-extinct arts group. The Brooklyn Art Association galleries stood at 174 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights.

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The Fund for the Pedestal, launched in 1884, helped bring the Statue of Liberty—the “Bartholdi Statue,” as the poster calls it—to New York Harbor in 1886.

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This entry was posted on October 17, 2009 at 5:15 am and is filed under Brooklyn, Music, art, theater, Old print ads. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “A Brooklyn art exhibit for the Statue of Liberty”

  1. Jeff Trexler Says:
    October 17, 2009 at 3:56 pm | Reply

    Thanks for posting this–a fascinating piece of history, not just for the event it advertises but the art, language & typography.

  2. wildnewyork Says:
    October 17, 2009 at 4:11 pm | Reply

    I love the typography too. Very unique.

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