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A typical 1940s–early 1950s black-and-white real photo postcard. A real photo postcard (RPPC) is a continuous-tone photographic image printed on postcard stock. The term recognizes a distinction between the real photo process and the lithographic or offset printing processes employed in the manufacture of most postcard images.
Others styles of postcards have fairly established dates of production as well. These are not typically referred to as eras, as they were never the predominant type at any given time. Real Photo‚ 1903–present [9] [8] Began with the introduction of a Kodak camera in 1903 [5] [7] Leather‚ 1900–1909 [11] [12] [13] [14]
Picture postcards and their publishers: An illustrated account identifying Britain's major postcard publishers 1894 to 1939 and the great variety of cards they issued. Malvern: Golden Age Postcard Books. ISBN 095062120X.
In Japan, official postcards have one side dedicated exclusively to the address, and the other side for the content, though commemorative picture postcards and private picture postcards also exist. In Japan today, two particular idiosyncratic postcard customs exist: New Year's Day postcards ( 年賀状 , nengajō ) and return postcard s ...
During the Depression and pre-WWII years he reproduced his images as printed linens manufactured by Curt Teich, allowing national distribution. In 1948, over 3 1/2 million "Frasher Fotos" postcards were sold nationwide. Curt Teich was the most prominent and largest printer and publisher of Linen Type postcards, [3] based in Chicago. [4]
The Mandel No. 1 Photo Postcard Machine was a photo camera built in the years 1911 to 1930 by the Chicago Ferrotype Company. [1] Like cameras from some other brands in that time, the camera produced a small photograph in waiting time. The photograph could be used as a real photo postcard and sent by mail, hence the name.
History of postcards in the United States (6 P) P. Postcard publishers (59 P) ... Real photo postcard; Return postcard; S. Sanke card; Saucy Jacky postcard; T ...
Britain had a half-penny rate to begin with. The U.S. "penny postcard" rate lasted through 1951. [3] Presumably for the purpose of getting a prompt reply, a sender was given the opportunity to pay for postage both ways with an attached message-reply card, first introduced by Germany in 1873. [2] Other European countries quickly followed suit.