Sepia real photo postcard, large format. Spectacular aerial view of Manhattan looking south-southwest from the Empire State Building observatory. The dense midtown skyscraper grid fills the foreground; the Hudson River and New Jersey shoreline appear at right; downtown Manhattan and New York Harbor are visible in the distance with the Statue of Liberty faintly discernible. Caption: "South-Western View from Empire State Observatory." No. 316. Photo credit: News Studio Photo. Published by Unusual Photographs Reproduction Company, 19 Park Place, New York City; printed in Germany. Back notes: "See New York from Empire State Observatory — Tallest in the World — 1248 feet high — Fifth Ave & 34 Street." Unused.