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26th September 1938: Steeplejacks removing the spiked crown from the head of the Statue of Liberty, New York, for renovation work before the World's Fair. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

26th September 1938:  Steeplejacks removing the spiked crown from the head of the Statue of Liberty, New York, for renovation work before the World's Fair.  (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Fox Photos/Getty Images)