Barnard College main building, New York City, 1904

Subject: Schools & Universities
Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1904 (Early)

Back of Barnard College main building, New York City, 1904, c. 1904 printed photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

The view shows Barnard College's main building in Morningside Heights: a long, multi-story facade of evenly spaced windows arranged around a deep central court, with a colonnaded upper storey at the rear, seen from open ground in front. Founded in 1889 as a women's college affiliated with Columbia University, Barnard had settled on this Manhattan campus only a few years before the card was mailed. The sender had just arrived back in "dear old New York" and could not yet say when the next departure would come, so the card went west to friends in Chicago as a quick greeting.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dearest Friends:- Oct 10th. 1904. Here I am back in dear old New York, there is only one on the globe I am sure you. It does seem good to be back in [illegible] enough to drive you crazy. I cannot say yet just when I shall leave but let you know later. I must go mail and take a ride in the meantime, or my mail may fail. Hope you are all as well as I can Lovingly, E. H. Rothschild.

Translation

Highly esteemed — [illegible] let me [illegible] for [illegible] kind regards and [illegible] the [illegible] to [illegible] It is very nice [illegible] congratulations on [illegible] from [illegible] [illegible] I [illegible] to you [illegible] with [illegible] that you [illegible] have I [illegible] you [illegible] that [illegible] you [illegible] [illegible] regards to [illegible] from [illegible] kind regards to you [illegible] and [illegible] Your [illegible]

PostmarkedNEW YORK, October 10, 1904, 22:00

Addressed to

Mr. A. J. The Gorcey Miss De Re & Shelton.

4238 & Kenworth Ave. Chicago, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked	October 10, 1904, 22:00, NEW YORK
Publisher	National Art Views Co.
Series	No. 58
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Mr. A. J. The Gorcey Miss De Re & Shelton., 4238 & Kenworth Ave., Chicago, IL
Place depicted	New York, NY
Place mentioned	Brandeis College, New York, NY
Notes	Handwritten message in ink written across the picture side, above and below the image; heavy toning and staining along the edges; worn corners; printed caption along the lower edge of the picture side. Postmark: NEW YORK OCT 10 10 PM 1904, with "G". Undivided back with printed "POST CARD" heading and "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS"; stamp box marked GERMANY (Place Stamp Here / Domestic One cent / Foreign Two cents). Message dated Oct 10th 1904, beginning "Dearest Friends" and signed E. H. Rothschild, addressed to Mr. A. J. McGorcey / Miss DeRe & Shelton, 4238 Kenworth Ave., Chicago Ill.; light soiling and corner wear.

Cite this card

Barnard College main building, New York City, 1904, postcard, c. 1904. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/barnard-college-main-building-new-york-city-1904. Accessed November 2, 2026.