1900s Boys High School Philadelphia PA Central High Vintage Postcard UDB

About This Postcard

This antique monochromatic postcard features the Boys High School, famously known as Central High School, located at Broad and Green Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This monumental Romanesque Revival building, completed in 1900, was renowned for its massive granite construction and its prominent astronomical observatory tower, which is clearly visible in the image. As one of the oldest public high schools in the United States, this site represents a significant era in American educational architecture and Philadelphia's civic history.

Details

Era: Undivided Back (1906)
City: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Country: United States
Topic: Central High School, Historic Schools, Romanesque Revival Architecture, Philadelphia Education, Astronomical Observatories.
Condition: Circulated
Address Side: Undivided Back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Not Stated
Publisher: The Central News Company, Philadelphia (Series No. 064)
Printer: Leipzig-Berlin (Germany)
Print Type: Halftone / Phototypie

Additional Information

This card was postmarked in Philadelphia on June 11, 1906, and received in Lowell, Vermont, on June 13, 1906, as documented by multiple transit and arrival stamps. It features a one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp and is addressed to B. Winchester. A handwritten message on the front from Carrie C. Allen mentions being "pleased with your pretty postal." The address side contains vertical text identifying the publisher, The Central News Company, and the German printing origin. The undivided back layout confirms its production prior to the 1907 regulation change that allowed for divided-back message spaces.

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