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| A third page of old postcards of New York City. |
| This old postcard of Grant Square in Brooklyn was mailed in 1912. (Z) |
| A postcard of the Bronx City Hall - posted in 1913. (Z) |
| No date for this view of some ladies out for a stroll on the Brooklyn Bridge. |
| A 1914 postcard of the Union League Club in Brooklyn. (Z) |
| A 1909 postcard of the Ansonia at Broadway and 73rd. "Most Superbly Equiped House In The World". |
| The Brooklyn Subway. (Z) |
| A jolly but somewhat uncomfortable way to see NYC - anyone know how this vehicle was propelled - is that an engine underneath ? The driver has a steering wheel - well he'd need it ! |
| Wannamakers Store in 1906. Go to our Philadelphia page and have a look at their Philly store ! |
| An advertising postcard for the Broadway Central Hotel at 3rd and Broadway. This building collapsed in 1973, killing four people. Click on the link to read about it ! |
| The British Pavilion at the 1940 World's Fair. |
| A 1912 postcard of the Manhattan Opera House. (Z) |
| The RCA Building - a 1941 postcard. |
| This postcard from 1906 shows 14th Ave and 6th St. |
| The Hudson Terminal and Tubes - an unused and thus undated postcard. |
| Lower Broadway, with the Singer Building in the background. |
| An unused and undated postcard of the Paramount Building. |
| Subway Entrances, City Hall Park - a 1906 postcard. |
| The Obelisk in Central Park - a postcard published in 1917, mailed in 1923. (Z) |
| This postcard of the Singer Building was mailed in 1911. (Z) |
| The Knickerbocker Hotel - this building is at 1466 Broadway and is now condominiums. Click on this link for some interesting background information. |
| An early postcard of the Stock Exchange. (Z) |
| An aerial view of the East River Bridges. |
| A 1900s view of NYC Skyline, with the Singer Building in the centre. (Z) |
| No date for this postcard of a Coney Island Excursion Boat.......... |
| ....and when you get there !! (Z) |
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| And Did You Know..........that the film actress Rita Hayworth was born Margarita Carmen Cansino in Brooklyn in 1918 ? |
| Did You Know.......that Herman Melville, author of "Moby Dick", was born in New York City in 1819 ? |
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