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Singer Building and part of financial district, New York City

Subject
Commercial Buildings
Card type
Lithograph
Front of Singer Building and part of financial district, New York City, lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Singer Building and part of financial district, New York City, lithograph postcard
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A tall, ornate skyscraper with a green domed roof rises above a dense cityscape. Lower buildings with mansard roofs and a white tower with a flag surround it, and a body of water with distant shoreline is visible in the background under a blue sky with pink clouds.

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PublisherIrving Underhill
© 17191 --- SINGER BUILDING and part of financial district, New York City. Singer Building, located on the corner of Broadway 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 elevators. The foundations consists of 36 caissons sunk to bedrock 92 feet below the surface. Built by the Singer Mfg. Co. POST CARD THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS PLACE STAMP HERE MADE IN USA Copyright Irving Underhill, New York.
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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 part of financial district, New York City, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/singer-building-and-part-of-financial-district-new-york-city. Accessed October 5, 2026.