Two Art Deco titans of the Pittsburgh skyline — the 34-story Gulf Building and the taller 42-story Koppers Building — rise in warm ochre and terracotta tones against a powder-blue linen-textured sky in this classic mid-century souvenir card, the neoclassical Federal Reserve Bank nestled at their feet like a Roman temple dwarfed by modernity. Sent from Pittsburgh in April 1952, the card carries an affectionate message from Bea and Jim to their friend Helen in St. Louis: the baby has grown a lot, they're having a fine time, and they'll be home by the weekend — a snapshot of postwar American domesticity in four breezy sentences. A 3-cent violet Presidential series stamp (Thomas Jefferson) franks the card at the standard postcard rate of the era.