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Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA - Broad Street Station - Coat of Arms - TUCKS - PMC

Description: Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA - Broad Street Station - Coat of Arms - TUCKS - PMC: Broad Street Station at Broad & Market streets was the primary passenger terminal for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in Philadelphia from early December 1881 to the 1950s. Located directly west of Philadelphia City Hall—15th Street went underneath the station—the site is now occupied by the northwest section of Dilworth Park and the office towers of Penn Center. The original station was designed by Wilson Brothers & Company under authority of the old Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (established 1836 from merger of four smaller segment lines dating to 1831, running southwest to Baltimore and its President Street Station which had just been purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad assuming control) in the same year of completion in 1881. It was one of the first steel-framed buildings in the United States to use masonry not as structure, but as a curtain wall (as modern-designed skyscrapers do). Initially, trains arrived via elevated tracks built above Filbert Street. By 1885 the land between the station and the Schuylkill River had been purchased and cleared, and a nine-block viaduct constructed. Broad Street Station was dramatically expanded by renowned Philadelphia architect Frank Furness in 1892–93. Wilson Brothers designed a new train shed (1892) that was constructed high over the existing sheds, which were subsequently demolished. The new shed had the largest single span of any station roof in the world - 306 ft (91 m). In 1894 the PRR moved its headquarters from Fourth Street to the office building above the station. In the 1930s PRR headquarters moved to the newly built Suburban Station Building at 1600 Filbert Street (now John F. Kennedy Boulevard). The train shed suffered a massive 1923 fire and was demolished. The station itself was demolished in 1953, a year after train service to it had ceased. This EMBOSSED & SILVERED Private Mailing Card (1898-1901) is in good condition. Raphael Tucks & Sons No. 5022.

Price: 12.5 USD

Location: Brooklyn, New York

End Time: 2025-01-18T02:37:00.000Z

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Item Specifics

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 14 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Unit of Sale: Single Unit

Featured Person: Wilson Brothers & Company

Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)

Material: Paper

City: Philadelphia

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Brand/Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons

Subject: Broad Street Station

Continent: North America

Type: Printed (Lithograph)

Era: Private Mailing Card (1898-1901)

Region: Pennsylvania

Country: United States

Theme: Architecture, Cities & Towns, Landscapes, Transportation, Coat of Arms, Broad Street Station

Features: Embossed, Panoramic, Silvered

Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Postage Condition: Unposted

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