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Union Station, Washington, D.C., circa 1910

Subjects
Railroad StationsRailroads & TrainsStreetcars & Trolleys
Card type
Lithograph
Date
Postmarked August 19, 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Union Station, Washington, D.C., circa 1910, 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of Union Station, Washington, D.C., circa 1910, 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

Color lithograph view of the great Beaux-Arts facade of Washington's Union Station, with its three tall central arches, colonnaded wings, and a monument/fountain in the plaza before it, where trolley cars, horse-drawn vehicles, and a few early automobiles and pedestrians are seen. Union Station opened in 1907, designed by Daniel H. Burnham with Saint-Gaudens' sculpture, and the Columbus Fountain by Lorado Taft was placed in the plaza in 1912, which helps date this view to the early 1910s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

from Opa Aug 20- -09

PublisherWashington News Co.
The Union Station, Washington, D. C. --- POST CARD DRUCKCHROME N Y C LEIPZIG DRESDEN BERLIN D 10583 Published by The Washington News Company, Washington, D. C. Made in Germany.
PostmarkedWashington, DC, August 19, 1909, 12:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Chonella Hasey

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Washington, DC
PublisherWashington News Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Chonella Hasey, The Highlands, Amesbury, MA
Place depictedUnion Station, Washington, DC
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesThin white margin at edges; faint circular mark in the sky (offset cancel or smudge); light corner and edge wear. Postmark: WASHINGTON D.C. AUG 19 12-M 1909. Divided back, thin white border, color litho (Druckchrome) printed in Germany; light edge wear.

Cite this card

Union Station, Washington, D.C., circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/union-station-washington-d-c-circa-1910-1909. Accessed October 25, 2026.