The photograph shows the Tennessee Trust Building rising above lower commercial blocks on a downtown Memphis street. Its flat roof and dense grid of windows mark it as an early office tower, while storefronts and streetcar tracks below keep the scale of the older city in view. Pedestrians and a streetcar appear at street level. The Tennessee Trust Building was among the commercial towers that changed the scale of downtown Memphis in the early 1900s, when steel-frame construction allowed tall office blocks to rise above masonry storefronts.
White border at bottom carrying the printed caption; handwritten note in blue ink across the lower margin; light edge wear and faint soiling.
Postmark: MEMPHIS TEN. SEP 12 2 PM 1907 — undivided back with "THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY."; 1¢ green Franklin adhesive stamp; light soiling and corner wear.
Cite this card
Tennessee Trust Building, Memphis, TN, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/tennessee-trust-building-memphis-tn-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
