In An American Tail (1986), the colour of the statue of liberty is historically accurate. As the film is set in 1885, the year the statue was completed, it still has its bright copper colouring. It was only after 1900 that the statue turned green due to oxidisation.

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image showing In An American Tail (1986), the colour of the statue of liberty is historically accurate. As the film is set in 1885, the year the statue was completed, it still has its bright copper colouring. It was only after 1900 that the statue turned green due to oxidisation.

Tokyono on August 12nd, 2020 at 10:49 UTC »

Originally, it was a dull copper color, but shortly after 1900 a green patina, also called verdigris, caused by the oxidation of the copper skin, began to spread. As early as 1902 it was mentioned in the press; by 1906 it had entirely covered the statue.[118] Believing that the patina was evidence of corrosion, Congress authorized US$62,800 (equivalent to $1,787,000 in 2019) for various repairs, and to paint the statue both inside and out.[119] There was considerable public protest against the proposed exterior painting.[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty#Lighthouse_Board_and_War_Department_(1886%E2%80%931933)

AKnightAlone on August 12nd, 2020 at 11:48 UTC »

How hard would it be to restore ol' Lady Liberty to her former luster? Could even coat her in some kind of toxic polymer residue to sustain it.

nostepbropls on August 12nd, 2020 at 13:17 UTC »

Does that mean that oxygen was invented in 1900