Prometheus Fountain and international flags, Rockefeller Center, New York

Subjects: Advertising Monuments & Memorials Squares & Plazas
Card type: Chrome

Back of Prometheus Fountain and international flags, Rockefeller Center, New York, chrome postcard — Back

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View of the gilded Prometheus statue in its fountain at Rockefeller Center, surrounded by beds of pink and white flowers. Numerous international flags fly on poles above the plaza, with pedestrians and a building in the background.

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PublisherNorthwest Orient Airlines

NEW YORK via NORTHWEST Orient AIRLINES "Metropolitan Express" --- POST CARD Please address, stamp, and return to stewardess who will mail for you. NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES PHOTO—PRINTED IN U.S.A. Visit New York, the world's most fabulous city, via the Northwest Orient Airlines double-deck Stratocruiser "Metropolitan Express". Other frequent Stratocruiser flights also connect New York directly with cities across the U.S. and across the Pacific. Northwest "Airventure" tours of New York include the colorful Flags of All Nations Court in the heart of Rockefeller Center (shown here) and many other points of interest. PF 16-K-53

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Condition	Excellent
Place depicted	Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Place mentioned	New York, NY
Place mentioned	Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Notes	White border at bottom with printed caption; chrome-era color. No postmark, stamp, or handwriting anywhere on the back. Divided-back advertising card for Northwest Orient Airlines' double-deck Stratocruiser "Metropolitan Express" (mid-1950s Stratocruiser era); printed card no. PF 16-K-53. Light surface soiling, no damage.

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Prometheus Fountain and international flags, Rockefeller Center, New York, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/prometheus-fountain-and-international-flags-rockefeller-cent. Accessed October 5, 2026.