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The Metropolitan Life Tower, New York City, New York, USA, 1933.
The Metropolitan Life Tower, New York City, New York, USA, 1933. Vintage linen postcard showing the Metropolitan Life Building at Madison Avenue and 23rd Street. The park in the foreground is Madison Square Park. The building was built as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1909. It was designed by Napoleon LeBrun & Sons and was modelled on the Campanile of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. The tower was the tallest building in the world until 1913 when it was surpassed by the Woolworth Building. It served as the company's headquarters until 2005.
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AR950549
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3015px × 4699px
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1900s
1930s
20th century
AMERICA
American
Architecture
Avenue
BANNER
building
BUILDINGS
Cityscape
color
company
concept
country
Curt Teich Postcard Archives
Exterior
FLAG
FLAGS
HIGH
Industry
LANE
LOCATION
MADISON AVENUE
Madison Square Park
manhattan island
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life Tower
Napoleon LeBrun & Sons
NEW YORK
New York City
new york state
office block
OUTSIDE
Park
Postcard
Road
Skyscraper
STANDARD
stars and stripes
TALL
TGN
THIRTIES
Tower
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa