Large-letter "Greetings from San Francisco" card, San Francisco, California, circa 1940

Subjects: General Greetings Large Letter Town & City Views
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Large-letter "Greetings from San Francisco" card, San Francisco, California, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A large-letter greeting card spells out "SAN FRANCISCO" in bold three-dimensional block letters, each letter filled with a small view of a local landmark — among them the Ferry Building tower, the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, City Hall and the Palace of Fine Arts — with "Greetings from" in script above and "CALIF." in red below. The background is a stylized blue-and-yellow pattern suggesting the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge. Large-letter cards of this style were a staple of mid-century American tourist souvenir publishing, and the scenes chosen here highlight the city's best-known landmarks of the 1930s–40s.

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PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc.

Greetings from SAN FRANCISCO CALIF. 10 67462 --- Situated on San Francisco Bay, the finest natural harbor in the world, and high upon many hills included in its 42 square mile area, San Francisco, the Queen City of the West, overlooks the famous Golden Gate. Wealth, culture and commercial and industrial enterprise all find their capital in this metropolis of the West. 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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Postcard record

Publisher	Tichnor Bros., Inc.
Series	67462
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	San Francisco, CA
Publisher	Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, MA
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a white border; small printed numbers "10" (upper right) and "67462" (lower right). No postmark. Unused divided-back linen-texture card; Tichnor Bros. imprint with printed descriptive text; light soiling/toning on the blank address side.

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Large-letter "Greetings from San Francisco" card, San Francisco, California, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/large-letter-greetings-from-san-francisco-card-san-francisco. Accessed October 25, 2026.