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The golden age of postcards is commonly defined in the United States as starting around 1905, peaking between 1907 and 1910, and ending by World War I. [4] [5] [6] Listed here are eras of production for specific types of postcards, as typically defined by deltiologists. Most of the dates are not fixed dates, but approximate points in time as ...
Judges Postcards. The Town Hall, Birmingham, UK. A Judges' Postcard. Judges Postcards is a picture postcard manufacturer based in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, first produced by Fred Judge in 1903. [ 1] It was known as Judges Limited between 1910 and 1984.
Postcard depicting people boarding a train at the Shawnee Depot in Colorado, late 1800s. A postcard or post card is a piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically rectangular, intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. Non-rectangular shapes may also be used but are rare.
John Arthur Dixon (18 June 1897 - 19 May 1958) was the British founder of the eponymous manufacturer of greetings cards and postcards, J. Arthur Dixon. Dixon was born at Cross Hills, Keighley, Yorkshire, the eldest son of Charles C. Dixon. In 1926, he moved to Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, where he bought a small printing business. Dixon was a ...
Curt Teich & Company, Inc. factory in Chicago. Curt Otto Teich (March 1877 – 1974) was an American publisher of German descent who produced popular color postcards, primarily of scenes from American life. He was a pioneer of the offset printing process. Under his management, the Curt Teich & Company became the world's largest printer of view ...
Hallmark Cards, Inc. Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, Hallmark was one of the oldest and largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. [ 3] In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Stengel & Co was a Dresden -based German printing company, that in the first decade of the 20th century became the largest postcard manufacturer in the world. [1] [2] Stengel & Markert was founded in 1885 by Emil Stengel and Heinrich Markert after they bought the collotype printer, Scherer & Engler. In about 1889, Markert left to start his own ...
Valentine & Sons. Valentine and Sons was a printing company founded in Dundee, Scotland in 1851 by James Valentine (1815–1879), that grew to become Scotland's leading manufacturer of picture postcards. Following James Valentine's death the company was run by his sons, William Dobson Valentine (1844–1907) and George Valentine (1852–1890). [ 1]