This justifiably famous edifice includes an equally renowned organ. My card is postally used, though the stamp has been removed. The image is the sanctuary, including the chancel area and organ, viewed from an elevated side gallery. It's sepia toned. The reverse names the building, the copyright holder and the copyright year, 1953. The postmark clearly shows the city, day and time, but the year didn't come through well. It appears the card was sent from Boston to Cary, (NC?).
The original facility, built in 1894 in Romanesque style, still stands, and includes an Aeolian-Skinner organ. The facility which includes the present image (the "extension") was built in 1906 and according to the church website includes the world's largest Aeolian-Skinner organ, with 13,384 pipes.
The church's library includes some history of the organ. The website for Lawrence Phelps, who devoted considerable time and energy to the organs at the Mother Church includes details information about the organ as of 1952, the date of the article.
This is a third card I have of the same organ. This one is a straight ahead view of the chancel, in color. Mine is unused, published by Robbins Brothers of Boston, but printed in Germany.
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