Copley Square with the Public Library and Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1940

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

Back of Copley Square with the Public Library and Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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The view looks across Copley Square toward the Boston Public Library, the long Renaissance Revival building with its arcaded facade and red tile roof, with the Copley Plaza Hotel and other Back Bay buildings behind the landscaped traffic island. The square takes its name from painter John Singleton Copley and was laid out in the 1880s on filled land; the library, designed by McKim, Mead & White, opened in 1895, and the Copley Plaza Hotel followed in 1912. The automobiles and linen-textured printing date the card to the late 1930s or 1940s.

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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
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 with the Public Library and Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/copley-square-with-the-public-library-and-copley-plaza-hotel. Accessed October 25, 2026.