Authors

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Publisher

A.A. Arnold; Curt Teich & Co.

Publishing Note

A.A. Arnold, Vincennes, Ind. Genuine Curteich-Chicago C.T. American Art post card

Date Published

1915-1930

Postcard Text

Said to be the first public building erected as soldiers memorial in U.S.; Vincennes, Ind. Knox County Court House erected in 1873 at a cost of more than $360,000 claimed to be first public building erected in U.S. as a soldier's memorial. Architecture exceptional. In addition to several beautiful tablets there is one in marble 21 feet high of George Rogers Clark. The sculpting is by Andrew Barrot of Carrara, Italy. It is carved from one piece of stone and weighs four tons. Nearby stands the $50,000 soldiers monument erected in 1914.

Postcard Number

73439-N

Name of Building

Knox County Courthouse (Vincennes, Ind.)

Topical Subject

Courthouses -- Indiana -- Knox County; Courthouses -- Indiana -- Vincennes; Monuments -- Indiana -- Knox County; Monuments -- Indiana -- Vincennes

Geographic Subject

Knox County (Ind.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; Vincennes (Ind.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

City/Location

Knox County (Ind.); Vincennes (Ind.)

Original Item Size

9 x 14 cm.

Genre

picture postcards

Local Genre

postcard

Type

Still Image; Text

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

James F. Stubbins County and Municipal Building Postcard Collection

Source

Original postcard: Knox County Court House and Soldiers' Monument, Vincennes, Ind., James F. Stubbins U.S. Postcard Collection, M 384, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

File Name

stu_in_084a.jpg

Reverse Side

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/stu/1234

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