| Summary: | Color print view of a bird's-eye view from the Van Antwerp Building located downtown Mobile, AL. Looking down onto the tops of various buildings lining streets. Tree lines can be seen in the foreground and background of the city. Postmarked April 1, 1924. Divided back postcard. Printed on front: 'Bird's-Eye View From Van Antwerp Bldg, Mobile, Ala. -66' Printed on back: 'View Of Mobile. Ala. From the Van Antwerp Building. The Van Antwerp Building was Mobile's earliest "skyscraper" and gave Mobilians theur first opportunity to see their city as the birds see it. From the top of the building may be seen the port and harbor of Mobile, Mobile Bay, the city with its cathedral, churches, stores and dwellings and the satsuma groves on its western side. In the distance Spring Hill arises and to the north the Mobile River and the streams that flow into it. E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, 27179 N.'Written on back: 'Having a swell time, will spent 3 days in New Orleans. Bessie, Miss Amelia Sanders 2747 James Ave, Chicago, Illinois. Try 1903 Summerdale.'
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