Declassified Government Photos That Show a Different Side of History

Rough Draft of Mount Rushmore

Public Domain / Library of Congress

Back in the day, sculptor Gutzon Borglum started making this early model of the sculpture of Mount Rushmore. Ironically, the original draft indicated that the busts would go all the way down to their waists. But because of budgetary reasons, Borglum opted for the presidential faces only.

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