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HUMAN STATUE OF LIBERTY, CAMP DODGE, DES MOINES, IOWA

1918


Base to Shoulder: 150 feet.

Right Arm: 340 feet.
Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 feet.
 
Right ?thumb: 35 feet. 
Thickest part of ?body: 29 feet. 
Left hand length: 30 feet. 
Face: 60 feet. 
Nose: 21 feet.
Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet.
 
Torch and flame combined: 980 feet. 
Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000.
Number of men in torch: 2,800.
Number of men in right arm: 1,200.
Number of men in body, head and balance of 
figure only: 2,000.



Total men: 18,000

 











 

 

 



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