Gettysburg Memorials- 1930s Vintage Postcards- SET of 4- Hancock Ave- General Meade- Virginia State- Major Gen. Warren Slocum- War Monuments- Battlefield Memorials
(5 1/2 x 3 1/2 In) This is a SET of 4 original vintage Marken & Bielfeld, Inc. postcards from the 1930s. It shows a view of the Major General Warren Slocum Monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
"MAJOR GENERAL HENRY WARREN SLOCUM MONUMENT, GETTYSBURG, PA.- This statue of Major General Slocum is located on Stevens' Knoll near Culps Hill. Much of the second days battle centered around the site of this memorial."
"THE MEADE MEMORIAL- GETTYSBURG, PA.- As Commander of the Army of the Potomac, General Meade was in charge of the Union Army at Gettysburg. This memorial, erected by his home state of Pennsylvania, occupies the position taken by his men who repulsed the great charge of Pickett and his Virginia troops."
"VIRGINIA STATE MEMORIAL- GETTYSBURG, PA- Overlooking the scene of Pickett's memorable charge from its position on West Confederate Avenue. Virginia has spared no expense to do honor to her native sons who fought at Gettysburg. Individuality, character and beauty are expressed in the figures on the monument-- the equestrian statue of General Lee and the seven figures representing the various groups of the army who fought with him."
"VIEW FROM TOWER ON HANCOCK AVENUE, GETTYSBURG, PA.- This beautiful panorama shows many points of unusual interest in connection with the great battle. On the left is the equestrian statue of Meade, and beyond it the Pennsylvania Memorial; the Round Tops are in the distance and in the center the group of trees around High Water Mark, at which Pickett's charge was directed."
"VIEW FROM TOWER ON HANCOCK AVENUE, GETTYSBURG, PA.- This beautiful panorama shows many points of unusual interest in connection with the great battle. On the left is the equestrian statue of Meade, and beyond it the Pennsylvania Memorial; the Round Tops are in the distance and in the center the group of trees around High Water Mark, at which Pickett's charge was directed."
The postcards are unused and is in EXCELLENT condition, light wear at the edges, lightly blunted corner tips.
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