The postcard features a sculpture called "THE AMERICAN SPIRIT" by sculptor Clyde Du Vernet Hunt. The sculpture was created in Paris in 1928 and cast in bronze. It was exhibited at the Illinois State Building during the New York World's Fair in 1939. In 1949, it was erected in the courtyard of the Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont. The sculpture represents Faith, Hope, and Charity, with the woman symbolizing Faith, the nude boy symbolizing Hope, and Lincoln symbolizing Charity. The postcard was colored by Frank L. Forward and published by Forward's Color Productions, Inc. in Manchester, Vermont. The postcard is dated August 29, 1979.