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Municipal Building, New York, New York

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

About this subject

Color view of the tall, white Municipal Building in New York City, its ornate tower rising above the surrounding rooftops, with pedestrians and a horse-drawn wagon on the street below.

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PublisherSuccess Postal Card Co.
Municipal Building, New York --- Municipal Building The new Municipal Building on Park Row, facing City Hall Park, completed 1913, 34 stories (15 in tower), contains offices for the various city departments. Its foundation, the most difficult ever constructed, consists of 116 pneumatic caissons, sunk in some places 260 feet below street level. POST CARD Success Postal Card Co., Pub., New York. No. 1150.
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Postcard record

ConditionGood
Place depictedMunicipal Building, New York, NY
Place mentionedCity Hall Park, New York, NY
PublisherNew York, NY
NotesFull-bleed color lithograph with no white border; light edge and corner wear. No postmark or cancellation present; card is unused. Divided-back lithographic card with printed descriptive text on the back and Success Postal Card Co. imprint; light wear and a faint pencil "2.00" at lower right.

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