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== Honors == In 1927, his was the fourth concrete ceremony at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]], preserving his handprints, footprints and autograph, along with the outline of his famed glasses (which were actually a pair of sunglasses with the lenses removed).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-hand-prints-footprints-and-eyeglass-imprint-of-harold-news-photo/452940154#the-hand-prints-footprints-and-eyeglass-imprint-of-harold-lloyd-an-picture-id452940154|title=Harold Lloyd's Prints at Mann's Chinese Theatre|work=Getty Images|access-date=June 27, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430125246/https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-hand-prints-footprints-and-eyeglass-imprint-of-harold-news-photo/452940154#the-hand-prints-footprints-and-eyeglass-imprint-of-harold-lloyd-an-picture-id452940154|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ceremony took place directly in front of the [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]], which was the meeting place of the Masonic lodge to which he belonged.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/02/news/lv-masons2/2|title=A Chamber of Secrets|last=Ridenour|first=Al|date=May 2, 2002|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 27, 2017|pages=1β2|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922112755/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/02/news/lv-masons2/2|archive-date=September 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1953, Lloyd received an [[Academy Honorary Award]] for being a "master comedian and good citizen". The second citation was a snub to Chaplin, who at that point had fallen foul of [[McCarthyism]] and had his entry visa to the United States revoked. Regardless of the political overtones, Lloyd accepted the award in good spirit.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} Lloyd was honored in 1960 for his contribution to motion pictures with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] located at 1503 Vine Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/harold-lloyd|title=Harold Lloyd {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame|website=Walkoffame.com|language=en-US|access-date=June 27, 2017}}</ref> In 1994, he was honored with his image on a [[List of people on stamps of the United States|United States postage stamp]] designed by caricaturist [[Al Hirschfeld]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A8PZCwAAQBAJ&q=harold%20lloyd&pg=PA293|title=The Hirschfeld Century: Portrait of an Artist and His Age|last=Hirschfeld|first=Al|date=2015|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|isbn=9781101874974|location=New York|pages=291, 293|language=en|oclc=898029267}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/04/15/hirschfelds-silent-stars/333e3c43-4793-43f2-a0d4-c42ad32523ad/|title=Hirschfeld's 'Silent' Stars|last=McAllister|first=Bill|date=April 15, 1994|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 27, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Lloyd's birthplace in Burchard, Nebraska is maintained as a museum and open by appointment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pawneecountyhistory.com/lloyd/|title=Harold Lloyd Birthplace|website=Pawneecountyhistory.com}}</ref>
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