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Vintage unused postcard titled The Gateway Arch Compared With Other Famous High Structures, featuring a detailed black-and-white architectural height comparison chart.
The illustration compares the 630-foot Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, with famous buildings and monuments around the world, including the World Trade Center Twin Towers, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Washington Monument, Great Pyramid of Egypt, and Basilica of St. Peter in Rome.
Also depicted are the Woolworth Building, St. Louis Civil Courts Building, Railway Exchange Building, Cologne Cathedral, and Hotel Park-Plaza.
The diagram includes a vertical height scale and identifies the original World Trade Center at 1,350 feet.
Copyright credited to Norbury L. Wayman.
An unusual piece of St. Louis architectural history with additional appeal to World Trade Center, New York City, and vintage skyscraper collectors.
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