2-490-949 - Curt Teich Postcard Archives/Heritage Images

Smith Memorial Monument, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1926. Vintage postcard. Built between 1898 and 1912, the Smith Memorial Arch commemorates Pennsylvania's military and naval heroes of the American Civil War. It was paid for by $500, 000 bequeathed in the will of wealthy industrialist Richard Smith.