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Gotham Square, New York, circa 1910

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The card reproduces a nineteenth-century view captioned "Gotham Square," showing a broad commercial street/square lined with multi-story buildings, shop awnings, horse-drawn carriages, and streetcar tracks. Signs in the scene include "Lewis Daguerreotype Ambrotype 158" and "Feather Beds." Published by the City History Club of New York, it presents the image as a historical view of the city; "Gotham" was a long-standing nickname for New York.

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PublisherCity History Club
ConditionVery good
Place depictedNew York, NY
NotesWhite border; black-and-white halftone/line reproduction; light edge toning; faint caption within image; publisher imprint in bottom margin. No postmark. Undivided back private mailing card, "Authorized by Act of Congress of May 19-1898"; cream stock with halftone-look front and white border. Blank — no message, no address, no stamp.

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Gotham Square, New York, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/gotham-square-new-york-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.