329 Broadway, NYC (Extinct): Lovely 1893 1 Cent Cover preacher box magical feeling things

magical feeling things

but this early 19th c

patience and determination needed to survive the harsh climate

Super solid structural shape and what I think is quite a gorgeous surface

329 Broadway, NYC (Extinct): Lovely 1893 1 Cent Cover preacher box magical feeling thingsI spent a number of years working on Broadway in downtown New York just a handful of blocks from where 329 once was an address I've learned that no longer exists (just 325, then 341.) This envelope appealed for making me imagine that stretch of lower Broadway in 1893, as well as just for the beauty of the boldly inked cursive, perfectly punctuated with pale blue 1 cent indicia and diagonally striped cancellation over top. A nice little piece of NYC