Vintage New York City Postcards

New York, NY - Franny Wentzel - Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 : goo

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These are from my personal collection...

Lower New York, North from Whitehall Bldg - postmarked 24 July 1913

The General Sherman Monument - postmarked 9 February 1910

Park Row Bldg - postmarked - 19 September 1903

*Note that those two cards were issued before the US Post Office allowed people to write messages on the back.

Singer Building - postmarked 6 August 1912

Empire State Building - postmarked 1941 - this has printed advertisement for 'Liberal Credit Clothing' in the message section

Lower New York Skyline from Governor's Island - postmarked 2 September 1937

Grace wrote a fairly dense message to Mis'ess 'Bea' Seaman on the back. Basically, Mildred is feeling better after the breakdown but not able to look for work yet and she hopes Patsy is feeling better as well and that Harry keeps his strength up.

Aerial view of Midtown Manhattan - postmarked 28 October 1933

Herald Square Heart of the Shopping District - postmarked 21 October 1947

Madison Square Garden - never mailed

New York City Building New York World's Fair 1939 - postmarked 17 June 1939 2:30 PM

Barbara & her sister are doing the fair again as it is "simply wonderful".

Empire State Building and views from the Observation Deck - never mailed

North-Eastern view from the Empire State Observatory - never mailed

Western view from Empire State Observatory - never mailed

Chrysler Building - postmarked 1942

This is another card with an advertisement for 'Liberal Credit Clothing' B. Roth Mgr.

Waldorf = Astoria - Park Avenue Lobby - postmark is incomplete but card is from the 70s or 80s

The old Times Building - never mailed

This is from a set called 'Old New York in Postcards' published by Dover

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