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New Post Office, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1905

Card type
Lithograph

About this subject

Chromolithograph view of Chicago's large granite Post Office building with a gilded dome and columned portico, seen from the street. Horse-drawn carriages, wagons, a bicyclist and pedestrians fill the plaza in front of the building.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

July 10th 1908 This is a beautiful building. Went all through it. In the center it is open up to the dome and the corridors are built right around it, forming balconies on each floor. The mosaic work on the floors is beautiful.

Addressed to

No address detected

Postcard record

Series52
ConditionGood
Place depictedNew Post Office, Chicago, IL
NotesWhite border along bottom edge with caption printed in red; small red number '52' at lower right. Light edge and corner wear. No postmark. Divided-back 'POST CARD' with printed stamp box '1 cent for U.S. and Canada, 2 cents Foreign'; 'Printed in Germany' along left edge. Handwritten message dated July 10th 1908; no stamp, no address written. Dealer pencil notation 'E508 20¢' at top. Front shows New Post Office, Chicago.

Cite this card

New Post Office, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/new-post-office-chicago-illinois-circa-1905. Accessed October 5, 2026.