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Washington Monument, Height 555 Feet

Washington Monument, Height 555 Feet District of Columbia
Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $8.95
Stock #:1188213
Type: Postcard
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia (DC)
Publisher: S. Reynolds Co.
Postmark: 1946 Nov-17
Postmark City: Washington
Postmark State: D.C.
Stamp: 1c Washington
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: 41920
Recipient Address:Miss Janet Geraci
% Freshman Office
New Haven, CT
Additional Details:
A stupendous shaft of granite 555 feet 5 1/8 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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