Details

Subject(s)

• Buildings—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• College buildings—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Princeton (N.J.)—Buildings, structures, etc—Postcards [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Picture postcards [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

circa 1890-1960

Restrictions note

The collection is open for research.

Summary note

• The Historical Postcard Collection documents the buildings and environs of the Princeton University campus in the form of picture postcards. Featuring both monochrome and color postcards, the bulk of the collection ranges in date from 1900 through the 1960s. Many of the postcards have been digitized and are searchable through Digital PUL .
• The Historical Postcard Collection contains both unmarked and canceled postcards which document the buildings and environs of the Princeton University campus. It includes both monochrome and color postcards. Several postcard booklets are housed at the end of the collection.

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