Mailed from New York City in October 1912, this early colored postcard captures the monumental grandeur of Grant's Tomb — formally the General Grant National Memorial — standing sentinel on Riverside Drive, its massive Neoclassical granite rotunda and colonnade dwarfing tiny figures gathered at the entrance steps. The sender dashes off a warm note to Miss Alice in Poolesville, Maryland, hoping to find her in good health and commenting on the beauty of the city. The card's muted aqua sky and warm stone tones are characteristic of Leighton & Valentine's quality lithographic printing of the era.