Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Subjects: Monuments & Memorials Patriotic
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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A color view of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., seen from the side across a green lawn, with its white Doric colonnade and attic frieze standing above dark shrubbery and beds of red and yellow flowers. The sky is a graded blue with pink and yellow at the horizon.

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PublisherGarrison Toy & Novelty Co.

Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. 12377 --- LINCOLN MEMORIAL This stately, temple-like structure, with its Greek Doric columns of white marble, crowns a terraced plot in West Potomac Park, and is one of Washington's most impressive monuments. Henry Bacon was architect, Jules Guerin, mural decorator and Daniel Chester French did the massive Lincoln statue. 12,377 A COLOURPICTURE PUBLICATION, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A. PUB. BY GARRISON TOY & NOVELTY CO. WASHINGTON D.C. © TENSCHERT POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE

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Series	12377
Condition	Good
Place depicted	Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC
Place mentioned	West Potomac Park, Washington, DC
Publisher	Colourpicture Publication, Cambridge, MA
Publisher	Washington, DC
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; thin white border at edges; number 12377 printed at lower left. No postmark. Divided-back linen card with white border; printed imprint: Garrison Toy & Novelty Co. (Washington, D.C.) / A Colourpicture Publication (Cambridge, Mass.), © Tenschert, card no. 12,377. Dealer pencil mark '#59' and '1-' at lower right — not a message.

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Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lincoln-memorial-washington-d-c. Accessed October 5, 2026.