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- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Chrysler Building at Night, New York City
- Creator:
- Curteich (Chicago, Ill.)
- Publisher:
- New York, N.Y.: Union News Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1935
- Subject:
- Chrysler Building (New York, N.Y.)
Postcards--New York--New York - Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, Manhattan, 40.78343, -73.96625
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, linen texture, yellow border, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled: 74 Chrysler Building at Night, New York City. - The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco–style skyscraper in the Turtle Bay neighborhood on the East Side of Manhattan. It claimed the title of world’s tallest building from its official completion on May 27, 1930, until the completion of the Empire State Building on April 11, 1931. Text on Reverse: The Chrysler Building. With its shining spire of Nirosta steel literally scraping the sky, reaching a height of 77 stories – 1,046 feet, 4 ¾ inches, the Chrysler building takes its rightful place among the wonders of the modern world. From the Observatory on the 71st floor over 1,600 square miles are visible. The Chrysler Building occupies a plot of 37,555 sq. ft.
it has a content of 14,300,000 cubic feet of office space and is planned to house and serve comfortably 15,000 tenants. Postage required 1 cent stamp. Card number 5A- H644. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-279
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-279#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-279/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights: