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Show Statue of LibertyGains Liberty LibertyGains Gains in Popularity PopularityWashington Washington nhlngtou ashingtou \ \ \ nhlngtouA ashingtouA ( ; -A A - A iegistei leglstel egister t for visitors v1s1 vrsi v1s1tor vrsitors tor tors : . , hId hidden en in ha a nook nooh of the St'ltue Stltue Statue St'ltueof Statueof Statueof ' of libel I Iibeity rbeity ty for ne netrly neiri neiri10 ul ; -10 10 40 - years , hasbeen has hasbeen hasbeen been dI dlscoseredthe discovered dlscosered discoveredThe < : co\ co coered \ ered ered'lhe ' The 'lhe lhe book bo01 . contains 1 1500 [ oo pages pageseach , e'lch elch each ' page p'lge plge ' having havlOg 54 G4 signatuies signatures slgn'l slgnl ' mes 'lhe lhe 'the the 'thesignatures 'lhesignatures ' Thesignatures signatures are 'lre lre ire ' those of persons who whoi.lted whosisited whovisited i.lted ilted sisited , : . the C < famous lmous monument In inew InNew \ew ew \ ew Yoik YOlh York harbor h'lrbor hlrbor ' between bet\\een bet een \ lS 1890 1S00 O and1900 and1900Comparing and andWOO WOO 1000 WOOComparIng 1000Comparing Comparing data datn found In the 0111 old 0111bool oldbook oldbook bool book . \ with Itll that th\t th t ' \ sho shown " n In ' last 1'1st 11st year's years year'sregister year'sregister year'sregister yearsregister ' register , Geoige George Geo1 ge A Palmer , 'lctln lctln actiu ' actingsuperintendent ; , ullelintendent bupeilntendent of the statue st'ltue stltue ' , "as as ssas ssasamazed " wasamazed amazed 1ma ' d by the immense Increase Incre'lse Increlse ' re res revcalcd s \ e'lled elled eiied ' in the number and range of ofsisltors ofvisitors isltors sisltors \ . . , I Iorty orty years ye1rs ago , it 1t was W'lS WlS ' revealedonly re\ re ree'lled resealed resealedonly \ e'lled elled e'lledonly ' only 11 states t'ltes tltes ' were sere \ ere represented b by byG bvGO G , ) ' ) visitois i'31tOlS i31tOlS vlsrtors , ' who registered on August8 AugustS August S \ wlnle while 1111e on August Auguct ; 8 S , 1934 1034 1,202 1202 1,2G2 12G2 1 , , G actU'lll actuilly ac [ luallv tU'lll tUlll tuilly ' visited tlie the monument 1n ' and 5i Gil 570iegistei ) ' ) tegistered I eglstel e cd 'lhlrt lhlrt ' Thirty Zhirty six sl- sl sea sltates : - . ! ; , states tates "ere ere were wererepresented "ererepresented " wererepresented represented in the lattci latte1 latter oioup group ' ; IOUP |