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Flat Iron Building, New York City

Object Details

  • Date

    ca .1915

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Manhattan Post Card Publishing Company

    Printed by Tichnor Brothers, Inc.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.l. to u.c. printed, above image: FLAT IRON BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY.

    Verso [vertical]: FLAT IRON BUILDING, BROADWAY AND \ FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY. Fuller \ Building, generally known as the Flat Iron \ building stands at the intersection of Broadway \ and Fifth Avenue facing 23rd Street. Was \ the first steel frame sky scraper built in the \ world. It is 300 feet high and contains 120,000 \ sq. ft. of floor space above ground and 13,340 \ sq. ft. under the sidewalk.

    u.c. printed: [Tichnor Bros. logo]

    u.c. printed: 100351

    c.l .printed along left edge: MANHATTAN POST CARD CO., 114 PARK ROW, N.Y. CITY.

    c. printed [transverse]: Q \ U \ A \ L \ I \ T \ Y

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.6

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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