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Hoover Dam, Oskar J. W. Hansen Sculptures

Oskar J. W. Hansen called these "the Winged Figures of the Republic." They express "the immutable calm of intellectual resolution, and the enormous power of trained physical strength, equally enthroned in placid triumph of scientific accomplishment." Their feet have become polished by millions of hands rubbing them, presumably for luck.

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Uploaded on August 17, 2014
Taken on June 4, 2014