The card shows the Detweiler Memorial Monument in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: a tall fluted column crowned by a sphere, set on a white stone base inscribed DETWEILER. A bust and a stag statue stand at the left, with trees and blue sky behind. The name on the base marks it as a family monument, and the classical column, portrait bust, and stag are the kind of sculptural memorial families commissioned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Color lithograph with stippled texture; printed number 1841 lower left; caption reads 'Detweiler Memorial Monument, Harrisburg, Pa.'
No postmark, stamp, or handwriting on the back — unused card. Divided-back chrome-era card (Souvo Chrome 'Superior Quality' logo, PSGC monogram) with 'PLACE STAMP HERE / UNITED STATES AND CANADA ONE CENT / FOREIGN TWO CENTS' box; light foxing/toning on cream stock.
Cite this card
Detweiler Memorial Monument, Harrisburg, Pa., circa 1939, postcard, c. 1939. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/detweiler-memorial-monument-harrisburg-pa-circa-1939. Accessed November 2, 2026.
