***ORIGINAL PRICE LISTED IS APPRAISED VALUE***Genuine vintage VERY RARE postcard pair by Capitol Souvenir Co., Washington, D.C.. The souvenir company still exists but no longer markets a production of postcards on their website. These two postcards are an extremely rare product from the mid-1950s with CALLOUTS of normal yellowing due to age. They are UNPOSTED.Front: LINCOLN MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON, D.C. (312)Back: THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. This superb structure is a fitting tri bute to a great man, Abraham Lincoln. It is of classic Greek Architecture, and the colonnade of 36 columns represent the 36 states, which comprised the Union at the time of Lincoln's death. Insite this beautiful temple is the monumental statue of Lincoln by Daniel French.Front: THE LINCOLN STATUE IN THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL (313) WASHINGTON, D.C.Back: The Giant Statue of the Great Emancipator in the magnificent Lincoln Memorial is an especially stirring sight to all Americns. Abraham Lincoln is represented as sitting in a flag draped chair with his head bent slightly forward, as in thought. The figure is by Daniel Chester French and is 18 feet high, carved from crystalline Georgia marble.
