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New General Post Office, New York, NY, 1925

Subjects
Post OfficesStreet Scenes
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1925 (White Border)
Front of New General Post Office, New York, NY, 1925, c. 1925 lithograph postcard
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Back of New General Post Office, New York, NY, 1925, c. 1925 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A color view of the New General Post Office in New York, its long Corinthian colonnade and stepped entrance facing Eighth Avenue. Pedestrians, early automobiles, and a streetcar pass in front, and two American flags fly from the roofline. The caption places the building between 31st and 32nd Streets and dates its completion to 1913; it was built over the tracks and yards of Pennsylvania Station at a cost of $6,200,000. Mail moved from first-floor assorting rooms through chutes to cars waiting on the basement track. The McKim, Mead & White building later became known as the James A. Farley Post Office.

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]

PublisherIrving Underhill
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 di- rect from the assorting rooms on the first floor through chutes into mail road cars on track in the basement. POST CARD THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS PLACE STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A. Copyright Irving Underhill, New York.
PostmarkedNew York, NY, July 13, 1925, 18:30
Addressed to
Miss Lois Britton

Rose Hill School (R.D.) Columbus, LA

Postcard record

Postmarked, New York, NY
PublisherIrving Underhill
Series16977
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Lois Britton, (R.D.), Rose Hill School, Columbus, LA
Place depictedNew General Post Office, New York, NY
NotesWhite border; printed series number '16977' at lower right of front and '© I.U' monogram at lower left; 'W 58' publisher code on back; slight edge yellowing and corner wear. Postmark: NEW YORK, N.Y. JUL 13 6:30 PM 1925. Divided-back postcard with printed description of the General Post Office; purple-ink message written over the imprint; boxed 'REGISTER OR INSURE VALUABLE MAIL' handstamp; brown staining, edge wear, and a crease at the stamp box.

Cite this card

New General Post Office, New York, NY, 1925, postcard, c. 1925. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/new-general-post-office-new-york-ny-1925. Accessed November 2, 2026.