- Collection:
- Historic Postcard Collection (Georgia Archives)
- Title:
- Historic Stone Mountain
- Creator:
- Scenic South Card Company
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1979
- Subject:
- Mountains--Georgia--Stone Mountain
Memorials--Georgia--Stone Mountain
Carving (Decorative arts)--Georgia--Stone Mountain
Relief (Sculpture)--Georgia--Stone Mountain
Scaffolding
Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Stone Mountain Memorial State Park (Ga.)
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Monuments
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870--Monuments
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863--Monuments
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, 33.80816, -84.1702
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The eighth wonder of the world and the largest sculptured art work. The carving is a memorial to the confederacy. The figures are Jefferson Davis, Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on horseback. Lee is 90 feet tall, the horse is 140 feet across. The carving is 305 ft. x 190 ft.
- Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/511
- Additional Rights Information:
- Postcards published after 1923 may be covered by copyright. The Georgia Archives cannot provide permission to publish.
- Extent:
- Visual image
- Original Collection:
- Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
