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Municipal Building, New York City

Irving Underhill (1872-1960)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1930

  • 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:

    l.l. in image: © by Irving Underhill, N.Y.

    u.l. to u.c. printed: MUNICIPAL BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY.

    Verso [vertical]:

    u.l. printed: MUNICIPAL BUILDING, NEW YORK \ CITY. Municipal Building facing City Hall \ Park at Park Row and Center Streets. Con- \ tains offices for all the city departments and \ is the largest structure of its kind in the \ world. It is 34 stories, 580 feet high includ- \ ing a 30 foot statue of Miss Civic Pride on \ tower. Foundation consists of 116 pneumatic \ caissons sunk 260 ft. below the street and 239 \ feet below water level. Total cost \ $13,000,000.

    u.l. printed: 101680A

    u.l. printed in emblem: MFG. BY \ TB \ CAMBRIDGE MASS

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

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.1080

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

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