Tenement building.

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

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

Thirty-seventh Street (New York, N.Y.)

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

This is one of the last tenement buildings left. Originally built to house New York’s poor, tenement buildings covered the West Side and other parts of the city. This building is next to an abandoned gas station as well as a billboard.

Digital 34th Street

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

Not applicable.

2010

Jeanette O'Keefe

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Digital images

37th Street and Tenth Avenue

Penn Station and the corner of 7th Avenue and 34th Street (back)

The back of the postcard has a handwritten note. Dated July 11, 1911, the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Ella Bidwell of Prairie City, Iowa. It reads, "Dear Mother, I arrived in New York yesterday, 3 pm. Had a fine trip. We are seeing the sights today, stopping at the Gotham Hotel." It is signed Geo.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

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

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

Postcards

Penn Station and the corner of 7th Avenue and 34th Street.

Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)

Railroad stations--New York (State)--New York.

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

Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

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

New York: Success Postcard Co. No. 1032.

ca. 1911

Unknown

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

Postcards

Pennsylvania Station and the corner of Seventh Avenue and 34th Street