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New General Post Office, New York, circa 1920

Subjects
Post OfficesStreet Scenes
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of New General Post Office, New York, circa 1920, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of New General Post Office, New York, circa 1920, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A color view of the massive colonnaded New York General Post Office, its long Corinthian portico and stepped entrance fronting a busy street where pedestrians, early automobiles and a streetcar pass. The building, occupying the block on Eighth Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets, was designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in the 1910s as the city's main post office; it was later renamed for Postmaster General James A. Farley. Two American flags fly from the roofline in the card's rendering.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Lois, I am arriving [illegible] [illegible] at [illegible] hope you will be there when this reaches you [illegible] [illegible] Write soon [illegible]

PublisherUnderhill
New General Post Office, New York. --- GENERAL POST OFFICE at 8th Ave. between 31st and 32nd Sts. Completed in 1913. Built over the track and yards of the Pennsylvania Station at a cost of $6,200,000. Mail is conveyed from the assorting rooms on the first floor through chutes into the mail cars on track in the basement. POST CARD THIS SIDE IS FOR ADDRESS ONLY PLACE STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A. Copyright Underhill, New York.
PostmarkedNew York, NY, July 13, 1925, 18:30
Addressed to
Lora Britton

Columbus, GA

Postcard record

Postmarked, New York, NY
PublisherUnderhill
SeriesA 23218
ConditionVery good
Place addressedLora Britton, Rose Hill School, Columbus, GA
Place depictedNew General Post Office, New York, NY
NotesWhite border; printed card number 'A 23218' at lower right and a small '80' at lower left; slight edge yellowing and corner wear. Postmark: NEW YORK N.Y. STA. G JUL 13 1925 6:30 PM. Divided-back private postcard with printed description of the General Post Office; purple-ink message written over the imprint; boxed 'REGISTER OR INSURE VALUABLE MAIL' marking; brown staining, edge wear, and a crease at the stamp box.

Cite this card

New General Post Office, New York, circa 1920, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/new-general-post-office-new-york-circa-1920. Accessed October 24, 2026.