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Caption on the back reads: "NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY; NEW YORK CITY; On Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd Streets, this building houses the Reference Department, a privately financed library second in size to the Library of Congress, as well as the Central Circulation Branch, Central Children's Room and the Picture Collection." Postcard was never mailed.
Caption on the back reads: "NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY; NEW YORK CITY; On Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd Streets, this building houses the Reference Department, a privately financed library second in size to the Library of Congress, as well as the Central Circulation Branch, Central Children's Room and the Picture Collection." Postcard was never mailed.