New Post Office Building.

Post office buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Carriages and carts--New York (State)--New York--19th century.

Buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Caption reads: "New Post Office Building situated between 31st and 33d Streets. This handsome building was completed in 1913 at the cost of $6,200,000. It faces the Pennsylvania Terminal and is built over the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The building covers a plot 375 by 335 feet and was built of granite in classic style architecture." The bordered photograph shows a couple walking along the sidewalk and several horse-drawn carts or carriages going down the street.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

Rotogravure Album of New York (New York: Williamsburgh Post Card Co.)

ca. 1913

Copyright American Studio

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Photographs

West 34th Street between West 33rd and 35th Streets

Aerial view, Eighth Ave & 34th Street, looking south, Oct. 22, 1942.

Aerial photography--New York (State)--New York.

Automobiles--New York (State)--New York.

World War II (New York, N.Y.)

Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)

Post office buildings--New York (State)--New York.

Tenement houses--New York (State)--New York.

Eighth Avenue Traffic Halted - New York - Alert-curious office workers, peering down from buildings at Eighth Avenue and 34th Street saw traffic halted in orderly fashion by helmeted policemen and civilian defense officers. At 2:55 the practice alert over, the stream of Eighth Avenue afternoon traffic continued without mishap

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

Unknown

1942

Acme Newspictures, Inc.

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Photographs

Eighth Avenue and West 34th Street