New York City NY Columbia University Early 1900s Divided Back Postcard Unused

This vintage postcard features a beautifully colored linen lithograph view of Columbia University in New York City, showcasing its iconic campus buildings and architecture. The image captures the historic academic environment with a streetcar passing by, indicative of the early 20th century urban landscape. The postcard's artwork highlights the university's classical dome and surrounding structures in a nostalgic, painterly style typical of linen postcards produced during the 1910s and 1920s.

On the reverse, a printed description details Columbia University's founding in 1754 as King's College, emphasizing its significance as a prominent educational institution known as the Acropolis of America. The card is unposted and bears the standard divided back layout with postage rates noted as 1 cent domestic and 2 cents foreign, aligning with early postcard postal regulations. This collectible postcard is ideal for collectors of vintage educational memorabilia, New York historical ephemera, postcards from the early 1900s.

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