Thursday Postcard Hunt - Statues and Monuments
The theme for August's Thursday Postcard Hunt is Art. This week starts it of with Statues and Monuments. I have one of each.
Colonel Alexander Leroy Hawkins Memorial in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA
The larger than life statue memorializes a Pittsburgh native who died in the Spanish-American War. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=225214 Some sites list him as a state senator, but that is a misunderstanding of the fact he died of disease aboard a troop transit ship named Senator.
The Washington Monument in spring on a 1940s linen postcard.
Next week we continue the Art theme with Paintings/Watercolors.
Those linen postcards are always very beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYes, I love linen postcards.
DeleteLovely postcards.
ReplyDeleteThank you. :)
Deleteaww.. look at those cherry trees! great postcard!
ReplyDeleteI love these postcards. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThose cherry blossoms :) oh, yeah, the monument is nice, too.
ReplyDeleteI'd notice the cherry blossoms first too!
DeleteThe Washington cherry blossoms are a lovely sight and the Hawkins memorial has its own austere beauty.
ReplyDeleteSeeing it larger, but not looking too closely, I thought he was dressed like a old-time spy in a trench coat!
DeleteAmazing monument.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen it, but apparently those who have are impressed!
DeleteI never cared about monuments and statues until I was perhaps in my 40s or 50's. Now, if we are traveling, I have to go check them out. I see this Hawkins also was a Civil War veteran. Those are both beautiful antique postcards.
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of US history back there. I mean the early stuff! So much older than what the west coast has.
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