1900s Post Office & Courthouse Philadelphia PA Postcard UDB

About This Postcard

This antique color-tinted postcard features the United States Post Office and Court House building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 9th and Chestnut Streets and completed in 1884, this massive Second Empire-style structure was designed by Alfred B. Mullett. The image captures the building's intricate facade, mansard roofs, and the American flag flying prominently. A handwritten message in the right margin indicates this was sent as a gift to a postcard collector during the height of the Golden Age of postcards.

Details

Era: Undivided Back (c. 1901–1907)
City: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Country: United States
Topic: Philadelphia Post Office, Second Empire Architecture, Government Buildings, Historic Philadelphia Landmarks, Postal History
Condition: Unposted / Inscribed
Address Side: Undivided Back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Not Stated
Publisher: Souvenir Post Card Co., New York and Berlin (Series No. 2369)
Printer: Likely Germany
Print Type: Tinted Halftone / Lithograph

Additional Information

The front of the card features a handwritten message: Another post-office for your collection from Irene E. Beattie. The address side is inscribed to Miss Caroline I. Beattie at Leetes Island, Conn., but was never postmarked. It features an ornate Post Card header and a stamp box for domestic one-cent and foreign two-cent rates. The publisher's imprint, Souvenir Post Card Co., New York and Berlin, is printed vertically in the right margin of the front. The undivided layout confirms its production before the March 1907 U.S. postal regulation change.

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