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Singer Building and financial district, New York City, circa 1908

Subject
Commercial Buildings
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1908 (Golden Age)
Front of Singer Building and financial district, New York City, circa 1908, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
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Back of Singer Building and financial district, New York City, circa 1908, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
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The Singer Building rises above the dense roofs of lower Manhattan, its slender tower topped by a green dome and ornate cornice. Around it are lower commercial blocks, a white tower flying a flag, and beyond them a body of water and distant shoreline under a blue sky streaked with pink clouds. Completed in 1908 at Broadway and Liberty Streets, the 47-story Singer Building was briefly the tallest building in the world. The caption notes its 612-foot height, 5,000 tenants, 16 Otis traction elevators, and foundations carried on caissons to bedrock 92 feet below. It was built by the Singer Manufacturing Co. and stood until its demolition in the late 1960s.

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PublisherIrving Underhill
SINGER BUILDING and part of finan- cial district, New York City. Singer Building, located on the corner of Broad- way and Liberty Streets is 47 stories high rising to a total height of 612 feet. In it are 5,000 tenants, who are carried to their offices by 16 Otis traction ele- vators. The foundations consists of 36 caissons sunk to bedrock 92 feet below the surface. Built by the Singer Mfg. Co.
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PublisherIrving Underhill
Series17191
ConditionVery good
PublisherNew York, NY
NotesWhite border; printed copyright number 17191 in lower right. Postmark: none visible (unused card). Undivided back, 'THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS'; blue-printed caption and imprint on cream stock; no stamp, no handwriting; light edge wear. Front shows a white border and a color litho view of the Singer Building.

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Singer Building and financial district, New York City, circa 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/singer-building-and-financial-district-new-york-city-circa-1. Accessed November 2, 2026.