Description
This vintage Plastichrome postcard showcases Continental Square in York, Pennsylvania, featuring a stately building and classic vehicles. The view looks north on George Street, the former site of York’s first courthouse and briefly the U.S. Capitol. This colorful memento dates from the 1960s.
Front Text (cleaned):
G. C. MURPHY CO
MURPHY, C. M.
9 DE
Back Text (cleaned):
Plastichrome
CONTINENTAL SQUARE—YORK, PENNA.
George St., looking north. Formerly called "Center Square" and the site of York's first courthouse, and the capitol of the U.S., Sept. 30, 1778. The bank marks the location of the State House Building, used as the U.S. Treasury during this period.
'Twas fun.
Wasn't it?
7 PM
1962
PA.
Pub. by Mebane Greeting Card Co., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Dorothy Lauber
402 Vine St.,
Akron 4, Ohio.
