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Image: Borglum biography panel for the Hall of Records at Mt Rushmore

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Description: 16 enamel panels were entombed in the Hall of Records behind Lincoln's head at Mt Rushmore. The panels had text and photos on them describing Mt Rushmore, how it was sculpted, the biography of the sculptor, short biographies of each of the presidents, and text of important US documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. This is a copy of one of those panels. It is NOT a picture of one of the actual panels entombed. It is printed on metal and measures the same as the enamel panels - 4 feet by 1.5 feet. This photo was taken in Februaru of 2019 by Ed Menard, a park service employee at Mt Rushmore in South Dakota, United States.
Title: Borglum biography panel for the Hall of Records at Mt Rushmore
Credit: A digital photograph taken by park ranger Edward Menard in 2019 who works at the Mt Rushmore National Park. This photo was taken by Mr Menard and sent to me in an e-mail. He granted full common use rights to wikimedia in his email to me and allows this to be in the public domain.
Author: Edward Menard, park service employee at Mt Rushmore, so besides giving up his personal rights, this work was made my the United States Goverment
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

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