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Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. District of Columbia
Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $9.95
Stock #:1178277
Type: Postcard
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia (DC)
Publisher: Tichnor Quality Views
The Washington News Company
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: 112628
Additional Details:
A stupendous shaft of granite, 555 5½ inches in height. It is 55 feet square at the base, 34 at the top, and terminates in a pyramid of pure aluminum. The foundation of rock and cement is 36 feet deep, 126 feet square. The cornerstone was laid in 1848, the monument was finished in 1885. It is the highest work of masonry in the world.
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