Pa. historians baffled by vanished Lincoln bust

Few of the 3,000 historic postcards in Jack Hiddlestone's collection are as veiled in mystery as the one with Abraham Lincoln on the front.

[Birmingham Bob]

During WW II the federal government needing
all sorts of metal for the war effort encouraged
the melting down of memorials, monuments and any
metal from any source. Most towns had scrap metal drives.

As a result there were lots of these melted down
in the name of patriotism. Even some historic
cannons and the like were lost