Copley Square, Library and Copley Plaza, Boston, MA, circa 1930

Subjects: Hotels & Inns Libraries Squares & Plazas
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Copley Square, Library and Copley Plaza, Boston, MA, circa 1930, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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The view looks across Copley Square toward the Boston Public Library, its long Italian Renaissance facade and arcaded front filling the background, with the Copley Plaza Hotel and other Back Bay buildings behind the landscaped island. Automobiles cross the square. Contemporary descriptions called it one of the finest municipal squares in the country and the Copley Plaza New England's distinctive society hotel, then twenty years old. The library, designed by McKim, Mead & White, opened in 1895; the hotel followed in 1912. Copley Square was laid out in the 1880s on filled Back Bay land and named for painter John Singleton Copley.

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PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc.

Copley Square, Showing Public Library and Copley Plaza, Boston, Mass. --- COPLEY SQUARE This is architecturally considered one of the finest mu-nicipal squares in the country, if not in the world. The Copley Plaza Hotel is and has been for twenty years New England's distinctive society hotel. The Boston Public Li-brary, is designed after the style of the Italian Renaissance and the interior is of such great beauty that visitors come from all parts of the world to admire it. "TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON, MASS. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A.

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Publisher	Tichnor Bros., Inc.
Series	12 60092
Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Copley Square, Boston, MA
Publisher	Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, MA
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a cream border; card number '12' printed at upper right and '60092' at lower right. No postmark. Divided-back linen-era card (Tichnor Quality Views, Boston) with printed descriptive text; light pencil "50¢" dealer mark at top; slight edge wear and a small stain at lower right.

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Copley Square, Library and Copley Plaza, Boston, MA, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/copley-square-library-and-copley-plaza-boston-ma-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.