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Washington Monument, 555 Feet High

Washington Monument, 555 Feet High District of Columbia
Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $9.95
Stock #:1178318
Type: Postcard
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia (DC)
Publisher: B.S. Reynolds Co.
Postmark: 1937 Nov-01
Postmark City: Washington
Postmark State: DC
Stamp: 1c Franklin
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: M510
Recipient Address:Miss Lillian Coppage
The Virginia School for The Deaf and The Blind
Staunton, VA
Additional Details:
A stupendous shaft of granite, 555 feet 5⅛ 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 corner-stone was laid in 1848, the monument was finished in 1885. It is the highest work of masonry in the world.
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