A tall bronze figure of William Penn in colonial dress, wide-brimmed hat and long coat, stands on a cylindrical pedestal against a pastel sky. The 37-foot statue by Alexander Milne Calder was placed atop Philadelphia's City Hall tower in 1894, facing Penn's beloved Delaware River; the building itself, designed by John McArthur Jr., was the tallest structure in the city until 1987. The card isolates the statue, omitting the tower beneath it.
Linen-textured stock with white border; job number "4A-H217" printed vertically at lower right, characteristic of Curt Teich & Co. linen cards.
No postmark; card is unused and unaddressed. Divided-back linen-texture card with white border; Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" stock distributed by Charles F. Williams, Philadelphia. Minor foxing/spotting at lower right corner.
Cite this card
William Penn statue on City Hall Tower, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/william-penn-statue-on-city-hall-tower-philadelphia-pennsylv-1930. Accessed October 24, 2026.
