The New York Hippodrome fills the view, its large red and white facade topped with ornate towers and flags and lit by electric signs advertising "A Yankee Circus on Mars" and "The Plunging Horses." Horse-drawn carriages and early automobiles share the street below, and pedestrians move along the sidewalks. The signs date the view to the theater's first years after it opened in 1905 as a vast house built for elaborate spectacles; the card was mailed in 1913. A sender named Martin wrote that he had visited on Friday evening and found it "Certainly great."
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Visited this place
Friday evening.
Certainly great.
Martin
White border visible; color lithograph; publisher imprint: Success Postal Card Co., Pub., New York., No. 1031.
Postmark: NEW YORK. N. Y. STA. E. SEP 20 1913 (circular cancel). Divided-back card with green printed 'Post Card' heading; lithographic texture, no white border on front; card toned/foxed with light edge wear; stamp heavily cancelled; dealer code 'RDF 12' written vertically at left edge.
Cite this card
The Hippodrome, New York, 1913, postcard, c. 1913. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-hippodrome-new-york-1913. Accessed November 2, 2026.
