The view shows the broad Beaux-Arts front of Washington's Union Station, with three tall central arches and long colonnaded wings facing a plaza busy with trolley cars, horse-drawn vehicles, a few early automobiles, and pedestrians. A monument or fountain stands in the plaza. The station opened in 1907, designed by Daniel H. Burnham as a City Beautiful gateway to the capital, and this card dates from its first years, when streetcars still shared the approach with carriages and early motor traffic.
Thin white margin at edges; faint circular mark in the sky is the WASHINGTON, D.C. STATION C postmark; light corner and edge wear.
Postmark: WASHINGTON, D.C. AUG 19 12-M 1909, with STATION C R. Divided back, thin white border, color litho (Druckchrome) printed in Germany; light edge wear.
Cite this card
Union Station facade, Washington, D.C., 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/union-station-facade-washington-d-c-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.
