Wyoming Monument, Wyoming, Pennsylvania

Subject: Monuments & Memorials
Card type: Linen
Date: Postmarked August 5, 1920 (White Border)

Back of Wyoming Monument, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, 1920 linen postcard — Back

About this subject

A tall stone obelisk monument stands on a grassy hill, with a large cannon and a pile of cannonballs in the foreground. Trees frame the scene under a pastel sky.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

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PublisherPost Card Distributing Co.

WYOMING MONUMENT, WYOMING, NEAR WILKES-BARRE, PA. --- "WYOMING MONUMENT." "This Monument was erected in 1841 in memory of the victims of the Wyoming Massacre which occurred on July 3-1778. A handful of patriotic Americans, composed chiefly of the undisciplined, youthful and aged, spared by inefficiency from the ranks of the Republic, where overwhelmed by the combined forces of the British, Tories and Indians." POST CARD. THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS. A-41894. PUBLISHED BY POST CARD DISTRIBUTING CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 25. C.T. AMERICAN ART. MT. WILKES-BARRE, PA.

PostmarkedKingston, NY, August 5, 1920

Addressed to

Luella J. Beede

Asfee Water Village, New Hampshire

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 5, 1920, Kingston, NY
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Luella J. Beede, Asfee Water Village, NH
Place depicted	Wyoming Monument, Wyoming, PA
Place mentioned	Wilkes-Barre, PA
Publisher	Philadelphia, PA
Stamp	6c George Washington, green
Notes	White border; linen texture; printed caption at bottom. Postmark: KINGSTON N.Y. AUG 5 1920. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS'), white border, Curt Teich American Art imprint. Light edge wear.

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Wyoming Monument, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/wyoming-monument-wyoming-pennsylvania. Accessed October 5, 2026.