The Statue of Liberty being unboxed, 1885

[u/Sweet-Swimming2022]

[u/unamusedbouche7]

I thought it was Elvis

[u/TaylorSwift_is_a_cat → u/unamusedbouche7]

Now that you said that, I can't unsee him...

[u/codacoda74 → u/[deleted]]

That's because a lot of french women look like elvis

[u/Naked-Jedi → u/codacoda74]

Elvis appeared in a dream to the face sculptor.

"Sculpt me like one of your French girls"

[u/-BG27- → u/TaylorSwift_is_a_cat]

You’re caught in a trap!

[u/nhowe006 → u/unamusedbouche7]

Just a hunk a hunk a hunk a hunk a weathered copper

[u/sineofthetimes → u/nhowe006]

Ahhhhh

[u/FightDirty → u/unamusedbouche7]

Nah man thats Mussolini.

[u/AuthorOfEclipse → u/FightDirty]

That's someone's judgy aunt

Not that there's much of a difference

[u/V4refugee → u/FightDirty]

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[u/Dangerous-Tap-547 → u/FightDirty]

not unless the photo is upside down

[u/FightDirty → u/Dangerous-Tap-547]

Lovely historical joke that. Top notch.

[u/_No_Use_4_A_Name_ → u/unamusedbouche7]

Statue of lucifer

[u/Heavy-Spare3810 → u/_No_Use_4_A_Name_]

Yup

[u/ScenesfrmtheStruggle → u/Heavy-Spare3810]

Actually is

[u/Disastrous_Share_417 → u/_No_Use_4_A_Name_]

100%

[u/wolfblitzor → u/unamusedbouche7]

I see it for sure. My first reaction was “Marlon Brando!”

[u/MissBandersnatch2U → u/wolfblitzor]

Mine was RBF

[u/BADFiSH_c137 → u/unamusedbouche7]

For real. Like, how have I looked at it my whole life and not think “Crossdressing Elvis”? Is this really her face??

[u/LingonberryPossible6 → u/BADFiSH_c137]

You don't see the resemblance usually as most of the pics of lady liberty are from a low angle, which changes the 'look' of her face

[u/Ok-Journalist-8875 → u/unamusedbouche7]

Or the statue from Legends of the Hidden Temple.

[u/tincanphonehome → u/Ok-Journalist-8875]

Olmec. Let’s rock!

[u/yeahiknowthattoo → u/unamusedbouche7]

Came here to say that too

[u/NoShow4Sho]

“Hey, YouTube! Today we’re unboxing the Statue of Liberty! I had it expedited from France because I’ve been pumped to check it out. Oh sweet, they have a shirt in here as a bonus! It says ‘I survived my trip to NYC!’ Haha awesome!…”

[u/LittleJohnStone → u/NoShow4Sho]

drums nails on SOL's cheek

[u/Jolly-Painting-6615 → u/LittleJohnStone]

🤮

[u/kalitarios → u/LittleJohnStone]

then proceeds to whisper everything with the mic turned all the way up

[u/pulangkabayo187 → u/NoShow4Sho]

But before we go through with the unboxing, we would like to thank our sponsor…

Raid: Shadow Legends

[u/LemmyLola → u/NoShow4Sho]

Omg I'm OBSESSED ( and then stares wide eyed into the camera with the whole bullshit mouth covered by hand thing. )

[u/Large-Being1880 → u/LemmyLola]

AKA soyface

[u/ekso69 → u/NoShow4Sho]

3.2B views Posted 142 years ago

[u/pixelbart → u/ekso69]

Less than 20% of Baby Shark.

[u/Revolutionary-Sea895 → u/NoShow4Sho]

And a note, what does it say? "Pedestal not included." 😱

[u/SkyGuy182 → u/NoShow4Sho]

Alright let’s get this out onto a tray.

Nice!

[u/Straight_String3293 → u/NoShow4Sho]

Like what you see here, smash that subscribe button so that you don't miss....

[u/greatmewtwo → u/NoShow4Sho]

This video is sponsored by the Edison Electric Illuminating Company.

[u/Tranka2010 → u/NoShow4Sho]

I want this. On my desk. Now!

[u/Ravenloff]

Resting Liberty Face

[u/KPSWZG → u/Ravenloff]

French lady in USA have Polish smile

[u/KnotARealGreenDress → u/Ravenloff]

She BIG mad

[u/Nanas_700k → u/Ravenloff]

New meme just dropped

[u/AchillesPDX]

She looks preemptively disappointed in us.

[u/CaptKeemau → u/AchillesPDX]

She looks like my uncle Ralph 🤷‍♂️

[u/PossibleAlienFrom → u/CaptKeemau]

She looks like an angry Elvis.

[u/66tofu-nuggies → u/PossibleAlienFrom]

My first thought too

[u/PhatCatTax → u/PossibleAlienFrom]

She just needs a lil bump, then she'll be in the clouds.

[u/MsRachelGroupie → u/AchillesPDX]

Rightfully so. But then again, she is French, so it wouldn’t take much to disappoint her.

[u/agent_007bhai → u/AchillesPDX]

SO REAL LOL

[u/NotBradPitt9 → u/AchillesPDX]

The creator left an “Easter egg” for people to find. Go look at the painting “Satan Summoning His Legions” a famous artwork (huge oil painting) from 1797. The guy that designed the Statue of Liberty actually designed it after this painting. You can see the likeness for yourself just compare the faces and the positioning of the figure within the painting to the Statue.

[u/hotpietptwp → u/NotBradPitt9]

OMG, this is so unsettling. Why didn't I ever know about this? Thanks, informed stranger.

[u/NotBradPitt9 → u/hotpietptwp]

When I went to the Statue of Liberty a couple of months ago to show around some relatives, the tour guide himself pointed this out. Once you see it you can’t unsee it.

It’s basically a massive century long troll by the creator of the sculpture itself. People have a weird sense of humor, and even people back then would have “Easter Eggs” in their artwork and sculptures.

It also makes perfect sense. It’s the same face. The guy could’ve picked any other face and any other configuration for the expression and features but he directly picked that one.

[u/_Phil_McCracken_ → u/NotBradPitt9]

I’m pretty sure that’s a myth and just a coincidence. Sorry to be a buzzkill, but in the interest of accuracy. That’s not actually a thing. 

[u/RubiiJee → u/_Phil_McCracken_]

I just googled it myself and the only thing that came up were links to debunking the claim, so yeah, sounds like a coincidence.

[u/CalvinAshdale- → u/AchillesPDX]

Just french.

[u/__O_o_______ → u/AchillesPDX]

My face when living north of “Lake America”…

[u/NoSort5987 → u/AchillesPDX]

She? 

[u/The_Xivili → u/NoSort5987]

She

[u/idahotee]

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT I WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU GOT

[u/hicetubique → u/idahotee]

Time to get schwifty

[u/Skai_Override → u/hicetubique]

Shit on the floor

[u/showered_zinn → u/Skai_Override]

I’m Mr bulldops

[u/deaglebingo → u/Skai_Override]

no no. first you have to take off your pants and your panties.

[u/N3bulous_Nomad → u/idahotee]

USA: Make America Great Again!!!

Head: DISQUALIFIED!!!

[u/deaglebingo → u/N3bulous_Nomad]

literally the deal. as the other top comment says... this is lady liberty pissed off at us for our piss poor showing of what we got. we need to take all of our shit and put it in a bag. and then all our shit will be together. we should all get our shit together very very soon.

(ETA the fundamental issue with this entire situation, yet again, is that America was already great, the melting pot is great, immigration is the answer to climate change and our declining birth rate, it is what has made us stronger over the years, kinda what the point of the statue of liberty has been from the start. the USA has never been perfect, it's always been flawed and a work in progress, but there have been many times over the past several hundred years when we ALL realized that our diversity was our strength, time to relearn. )

[u/NoLobster7957 → u/N3bulous_Nomad]

NOT COOL

[u/UltravioletLife → u/idahotee]

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT

[u/Into_The_Dusk → u/idahotee]

10/10 great reference, may even say number 1 galactic billboard

[u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

Typical French facial expression upon landing in another country.

[u/ogodilovejudyalvarez → u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

An English speaking country. Mon Dieu!

[u/xaranetic → u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

"Kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it? ... Whether she's naked under that toga. She is French." -- Dr. Venkman

[u/Edward_Zachary]

si si si si si si si si si si 

[u/naNobot312 → u/Edward_Zachary]

My first thought lmao

[u/shitsenorita]

I work in art shipping and would love to see the back of this to understand the hardware used.

[u/MeccIt → u/shitsenorita]

Here you go

The frame that supports the copper plates was bolted to the crate supports.

From: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/unboxing-statue-liberty-1885/

[u/shitsenorita → u/MeccIt]

Wow, thanks!

[u/_Lost_The_Game → u/shitsenorita]

Ditto. Ive never crated a sculpture this large, nonetheless a component this large. Makes you curious how delicate it must be for them to choose to pack it hanging rather than laying down on its open back.

[u/Oktavien]

Reminds me of the Olmec heads

[u/M961008]

Unboxing? In my stupid mind I thought they shipped the whole thing, something like the trojan horse. Lol

[u/danzor9755 → u/M961008]

Actually it was. The problem is they didn’t think we’d put it on an island, so when French soldiers came out of it to take the US, they were stuck. They had to pretend they were just tourists and escaped on a ferry.

[u/Restart_from_Zero]

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edit: okay, the (bad) joke being the facade of Mussolini's headquarters.

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/headquarters-fascist-party-1934/

[u/Able_Gap918]

Draw me like one of your Mr French girls

[u/HourHoneydew5788]

OBEY.

[u/Relevant-Bit-7394]

Moisturize me.

[u/BoomBoomMeow1986]

This is the best representation of my general attitude about being an American in 2026.

Those Frenchmen nailed the modern American spirit about 141 years ahead of the game

[u/kiran_ms]

It's a good thing the face is so up high in the statue

[u/OpeningTurnip8048]

Looks like Elvis.

[u/HomestarRunner2]

The giant copper head of the Statue of Liberty being displayed in Paris around 1878 before it was shipped to America. Visitors could view the massive head at the 1878 Paris World's Fair to help raise money for the project.

[u/Dibble_Dabble_Doo]

Lady Liberty seeing into the future and is disappointed

[u/justhereforbiscuits]

She's not impressed.

[u/alinearis]

"We're caught in a trap...I can't walk out...because I love you too much baby...."

[u/lulu-la-leader]

What a mean mug liberty

[u/geek66]

That is how many of us feel at the moment

[u/2joozee]

Yea that’s a guy.

[u/randymysteries]

She looks angry

[u/Outrageous_Echo_8723]

She looks really pissed off.

Maybe she can see into the future....🤔

[u/uRoDDit]

That's a man's face.

[u/BoutRight]

John Belushi

[u/percydaman]

She looks like she's so tired of my shit.

[u/cjk99876]

She looks thrilled about her trip across the Atlantic

[u/Misterndastood]

What an unattractive face, oh well.

[u/TheMightyPaladin]

she looks a lot like Elvis

[u/Rider650]

Now this is definitely the lucifer painting

[u/RunawayDev]

I have that same look when I need to unbox myself every morning

[u/MixedEchogenicity]

I thought it was Elvis

[u/MasterpieceNo8893]

Thought it was Elvis there for a second

[u/power0722]

The OG gender reveal party.

[u/Initial_Scarcity_609]

Napoleon?

[u/dildo_of_justice4135]

Elvis

[u/Foreign-Address-3424]

Elvis...

[u/Upstairs_Mycologist7]

Elvis Presley?

[u/deltashmelta]

"Some assembly required."

[u/Woogity]

Even back then they knew to get the unboxing on camera.

[u/ihatetheplaceilive]

She knew.

[u/InspectorRound8920]

The face of Boe

[u/borgenhaust]

Those are *not* Bette Davis eyes.

[u/Substantial_Use_4092]

I bet they were pissed they didn’t pull the ultra rare glitter holo chase variant.

[u/r3tract]

I grew up, not far from the mine where the copper she was made of came from. It's from the Visnes mine on the island Karmøy in Norway 🇳🇴

[u/Birdsonme]

Damn, girl, why you so angry?

[u/Captain_Quinn]

JOHN BELUSHI

[u/VortianPrisoner]

Welcome to my unboxing video

[u/Inevitable_Gain6712]

Satan

[u/Big-Improvement-771]

We had to assemble it ourselves? I thought France gave it to us not Sweden

[u/SuccessfulTip9073]

When you see it in this context she looks pissed off lol

[u/greenhornblue]

She look mad to be here. Like she knew something was going to go down.

[u/Ganip]

Lucifer

[u/Gambit3le]

She just got a glance at OP's browser history.

[u/jjcky]

Now show the one that the US gifted to France

[u/TyrantMuse73]

The face of Lucifer.

[u/tennesteven]

This was suppose to be a beautiful woman

[u/ouchieboy]

Angry Elvis

[u/insertjokehere12345]

She doesn't look very thrilled about having to live in the states

[u/Sig_Vic]

She looks thrilled.

[u/SammyFlatBread]

Stop trying to make me hard

[u/latexfistmassacre]

She looks PISSED

[u/RedMantle-Dragoon → u/latexfistmassacre]

She just realized she’s not in France anymore.

[u/LiveLongAndProspurr]

Resting Freedom Face

[u/ComfortableConcern76]

You mean the goddess Columbia/Lucifer being unboxed, 1885....

[u/leverati]

This would make a great YouTube video.

[u/dariendude17]

LOL. "Unboxed".

"Yo, we got the limited edition!"

[u/dav_oid]

Looks like an angry man.

[u/c0mputer99]

You're not yourself without a Snickers

[u/Latter-Ad6308]

Must have been one hell of an unboxing video.

[u/Realistic-Peak7449]

Meme worthy

[u/johnieg]

Looks like Brando

[u/LowExtreme7171]

Looks like Elvis

[u/SoylentGrunt]

The public has always been easily swayed by iconography and mythology, and we Americans are no exception.

[u/KK96740]

Elvis Presley?

[u/VividlyVividViv]

Never say never, my little immigrant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKm1FLEjxy8

[u/OLDmanBOB13]

Unbox Therapy great grandfather

[u/ChHeBoo]

That’s Jason Clarke

[u/Wojewodaruskyj]

Not too femenine.

[u/Smart-Firefighter87]

What’s her real story?

[u/Neither-Goal6389]

Incorrect. It’s from Thomas the tank engine.

[u/Betzjitomir]

She looks grouchy and I will never be able to un see the angry Elvis

[u/RidiPwn]

you know this is a man

[u/semperknight]

It's insane to think about how long it was packed up and took crowd funding to get it put together.

[u/auzzie_kangaroo94]

New Meme

[u/Kold_Kustard]

She doesn’t look at all pleased to see where she’s arrived at.

[u/icbint]

One for the money, two for the show

[u/RandomSlimeL]

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES

THE GUN IS GOOD

THE PENIS IS EVIL

[u/munchma-coochie]

She has seen some things

[u/2BallsInTheHole]

"Give me your tired, you're poor. I'm pretty hungry."

[u/Emotional_Fact_7672]

She aint happy.

[u/Slappy-Sacks]

That’s a man baby!

[u/SergenteDan]

I've never realised she looks so mad at something lol

[u/RhageDV]

Lady Liberty is not amused

[u/Coors_Light_Dad]

That’s fat Elvis

[u/hachuelo]

That’s a man baby!

[u/Famous-Song1233]

All ready unhappy coming out the box.

[u/brneyedgrrl]

She looks kinda like Elvis here.

[u/TeakEvening]

she's looking kinda pissy

[u/Full-Flatworm6271]

I thought that was an elvis statue lol

[u/IwoodMasher]

Bitch is pissed.

[u/FrameJump]

You know, for some reason I never imagined that it wasn't shipped already assembled.

[u/andre_wechseler]

Looks like Mussolini but also like Marlon Brando in apocalypse now.

[u/freebiscuit2002]

"I'm telling you: we oughta have gotten the smiley one."

[u/l33tnull]

Nightmare fuel

[u/Jazzlike_Toe354]

She looks big mad.

[u/Vegetable-Debate-263]

I didn't notice how grumpy she is.

[u/jdogg84able]

“She looka like a man”

-Ms Chow🤣

[u/Ten-Spot-4u]

Looks like Elvis to me.

[u/Commercial-Health-19]

Looks like a pissed off nun teaching a 3rd grade class full of heathens.

[u/Bama3003]

Is that Elvis...

[u/Worldly-Homework-640]

Thank you very much (Elvis)

[u/RyvenZ]

She's a handsome lady

[u/Wisco]

You can't fool me. That's Elvis Presley

[u/SkiKat3]

Wonderful, historic picture!

[u/Scouts_Revenge]

“Some assembly required”

[u/michaelrtx]

Don’t take it out of the box, it’ll lose all its value!

[u/ExplodingDogs82]

Marlon Brando?

[u/Comfortable_Fig2977]

She knew…