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Municipal Building, New York City

Subjects
City Halls & CourthousesHorsesStreet Scenes
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Municipal Building, New York City, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Municipal Building, New York City, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

Color view of the Manhattan Municipal Building, a tall ornate skyscraper with a statue atop its tower, rising above a street with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, and adjacent buildings.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Friend, I am spending a few weeks at 5-03 Main St., Greenport, L. I. New York. Bertha Pohl.

PublisherThe American Art Publishing Co.
Municipal Building. New York City. --- MUNICIPAL BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY. Municipal Building, facing City Hall Park at Park Row and Center Streets, contains offices for all the city departments and is the largest structure of its kind in the world. It is 34 stories, 580 feet high including a 30 foot statue of Miss Civic Pride on tower. Foundation consists of 116 pneumatic caissons sunk 260 feet below the street and 239 feet below water level. Total cost $13,000,000. POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR WRITING / THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS UNITED STATES AND CANADA ONE CENT / PLACE STAMP HERE / FOREIGN TWO CENTS H. F. & SON COPYRIGHT BY MOSES KING, INC. THE AMERICAN ART PUBLISHING CO. NEW YORK CITY. R-34349
PostmarkedNewport, NY
Addressed to
Mrs. Joseph Hallworth

5-7 a. Meridian St., Malden, Mass.

Postcard record

PostmarkedNewport, NY
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMrs. Joseph Hallworth, 5-7 a. Meridian St., Malden, MA
Place depictedMunicipal Building, New York, NY
PublisherNew York, NY
NotesColor lithograph; no white border visible. Postmark: NEWPORT N.Y. 7-PM 1915. Divided-back card; stamp removed (green residue in stamp box); small stain over 'Dear Friend' salutation. Front is a full-bleed color litho view of the Municipal Building, New York City.

Cite this card

Municipal Building, New York City, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/municipal-building-new-york-city. Accessed October 5, 2026.