Friday, February 26, 2010

NYC subway kiosk, 1905

 
 

A fine example of the Detroit Publishing Co.'s highly regarded photo postcards. NYC history drove a lot of my early collecting, and postcards are easy to find, and mostly affordable.
There were still a few of these subway kiosks around when I was growing up on the West Side of Manhattan in the early 1960s. One was recreated at Astor Place. The damp, dank smell of the subway always carries me back to childhood.

12 comments:

  1. That's a nice old postcard. Happy PFF.

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  2. The kiosks are beautiful, too bad they are gone... I love the architecture. Thanks for stopping by. PPF!

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  3. I am a new follower of your blog. I took a tour of your past posts and I just love your dedication to posting interesting and many times unusual postcards, etc. Thanks so much from a new fan.

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  4. Wonderful card. I sure hope some of the kiosks still exist.

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  5. So much information that are on postcards. Looking around your blog very nice history thanks for sharing.

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  6. Lovely architecture. Unfortunately subway smell today is a bit... rank.

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  7. Beautiful card! I love the kiosks. Too bad they are no more.

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  8. You know, they are a little reminiscent of the Paris Metro entrances. It's a shame they didn't keep them. Lovely card - I can see why they are highly regarded.

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  9. Fun to see these. I love the NY subway (especially the sounds and rock of the trains), but the smell definitely can be a problem!

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  10. The NYC Subway cards are great! Thanks for posting this one.

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