St. Augustine, Fla. : Treasury Street, the narrowest street in the U.S.

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Creator:

Raphael Tuck & Sons.

Date Created:

October 8, 1917

Format:

Still image

Genre:

postcards

Extent / Dimensions:

03.75 x 05.78 inches

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Recto: St. Augustine, Fla. Treasury Street, the narrowest street in the U.S., Printed in Germany; Verso: Post card, The address to be written on this side, Hainestalls, 9 AM, 8, Oct, 1917, N.Y., U.S. postage, 1 cent 1, Mrs. Edgar Barranger, Caatskill ..., N.Y., Box 104, ... 2, Dear Mary how are you ... have been looking all summer for you ... on an auto trip how are you all ... I am telling ... better ... will ... from ..., Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card series No. 2438, St. Augustine, Fla. Art publishers to their majesties the king and queen. Treasury street. A curious feature of St. Augustine is the remaining narrow thoroughfares with which the city was originally laid out. Most of the streets averaged only twelve to fifteen feet in width, and many were narrower still. The most conspicuous among these is Treasury Street, the narrowest regular thoroughfare in the country, extending between Bay and Cordova Streets, and being only seven feet wide.