PostalPast
← Back to browse

Soldiers' Monument, National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Subjects
CemeteriesCivil WarMonuments & Memorials
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Undivided Back)
Front of Soldiers' Monument, National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Soldiers' Monument, National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

A tall white monument topped by a statue, with seated figures around its base, stands behind a low iron fence in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dark trees form a backdrop.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

I am taking in the battlefield F.M.R.

Soldiers' Monument, National Cemetery—Gettysburg, Pa. --- POST CARD THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS
PostmarkedMay 31, 1907, 09:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. E. M. Richardson

Durbin, W. Va.

Postcard record

Postmarked
ConditionFair
Place depictedGettysburg, PA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesWhite border at bottom with printed caption; handwritten message on front; staining and wear. Postmark: GETTYSBURG PA MAY 31 9:30 AM 1907, with receiving mark DURBIN W. VA. JUN 1 8 AM 1907 REC. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS"), 1902 Series 1c Franklin stamp. Light soiling/toning; no message on this side.

Cite this card

Soldiers' Monument, National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/soldiers-monument-national-cemetery-gettysburg-pennsylvania. Accessed October 5, 2026.