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American Photograph Co. (1908)
New York, NY
A publisher of picture books. They produced a series of lithographic postcards in an open halftone based on the illustrations in their book The Hudson & Manhattan Tunnels.
American Post Card Co. (1903-1910)
New York, NY
Published view-cards of northeastern American scenes in black & white, monochrome, and with hand coloring. They also published many holiday postcards.
American Post Card Co. (1970’s-)
Brick Town, NJ
A publisher of New Jersey view-cards. They eventually moved to Spring Lake, NJ.
The American Scene 1938-1941
New Haven, CT
Published the photographs of Samuel Chamberlain exclusively for the Yale University Press. They issued 420 individual postcards in ten 30 or 60 card sets. The first and last sets numbered 1-60 and 391-420 were of Yale university. The sets numbered 61-90 of meetinghouses, 91-120 historic houses, 121-150 public buildings, and 151-150 of countryside scenes, were all from the State of Connecticut and published for their Tercentenary. The cards numbered 181-240 are of Boston, 241-270 of Concord, Lexington, and Cambridge, 271-300 of Plymouth, and 301-330 of Cape Cod. Numbers 331-390 of New York City are the only non New England card set. All cards are numbered and were printed in a warm photogravure by the Photogravure & Color Company in New York. (See Samuel Chamberlain and the American Scene Aug 2006 in the Blog section)
American Souvenir Card Co. 1897-1898
127 Duane Street, New York, NY
Published more early cards than any other pioneer card maker. These 180 cards named Patriographs were only sold in sets of 12 view-cards each, and they were marketed toward the collector rather than sold as local souvenirs. Company documents indicate an additional 15 sets of cards but they were only planned and never printed. Many of these lithographic cards, printed by the Collotype Company, are of poor print quality and suffer from registration problems. The companies entire inventory of cards and images were purchased by the Edward H. Mitchell Company who trimmed many down and overprinted his name onto them.
American Souvenir Co. (1897)
Boston, MA
Published a set of 12 chromolithographic pioneer cards of the Boston area, with multi image vignettes. They were printed by Armstrong & Company.
American Steamship Co. 1872-1925
Philadelphia, PA
Better known as the American Line, this steamship company ran routes between Philadelphia, Queenstown, and Liverpool. In 1884 they were purchased by the Red Star Line but retained their name. Like other steamship lines they produced a number of postcards depicting the ships of their fleet.
American Views, Inc. 1940-1963
46 West 57th Street, New York, NY
Published black & white view-cards of New York City in photogravure. The Company was run by Otto Kallir, owner of the St. Etienne Gallery and the Johannes Press that printed the works of Austrian and German Expressionists.
Johann F. Amonn 1802-
Bolzano, (Trento) Italy
This business opened as a simple grocery in 1802, and by 1896 they had expanded into stationery. After purchasing Reigl & Company in 1898 they were all set to begin publishing, printing, and distributing postcards. Their long connection to the Alps led them to produce many view-cards of them. These cards were printed as high quality multi-colored heliographs. Prior to 1919 Trento was a autonomous State with a large German speaking population; and many postcards were published in the German language. In 1921 Amonn took over the bookbinding operations of Weigl and began producing illustrated books as well. As they incorporated many other businesses their focus changed with them. In the post World War Two years they have become primarily know for their paints and varnishes under the Amonn Group name.
A.W. Andrée, Jr. 1893-1919
Union Place, Columbo, Ceylon
Adolphus William Andrée was a third generation photographer on the island of Ceylon. He began his career creating fereotypes at a photo studio in Columbo. By 1893 he opened up his own establishment, the Hopetoun Studio on Slave Island. Many of Andrée’s photographs were printed as fine continuous tone monochromatic postcards. His brother Bertie who worked for him as an apprentice took over the business when Adolphus died in 1910. Bertie eventually abandoned the studio to work for Plate & Co.
Charles Wesley Andrews (1904-1940’s)
Baker, Portland, OR
A Photographer of Oregon who is best known for his many images of the State’s coast. Andrews published many real photo postcards. He also worked with other publishers to create printed postcards from his photographs.
Jean Angelou (1907-1925)
Paris, France
A photographer of portraits and landscapes who turned many of his images into real photo postcards. Anelou became the largest early producer of real photo cards depicting nudes.
Anglo-American Publishing Co. (1886-1907)
New York, NY
A publisher of color comic and black & white view-cards.
Bruno Antelmann (1897-1908)
Berlin, Germany
A trading company specializing in items from German colonies. They published many chromolithographic view-cards of these colonies and of Europe as well. They are noted for a private printing of official postal cards issued from German colonies in 1899. This company actively lobbied the German government to increase its overseas presence in Africa and the Pacific.
Aristophot 1905-1910
11 Southampton Row, London, England
A publisher of postcards in series. They had an office in New York City and produced a U.S. Series of Eastern views in halftone lithography that were printed in Leipzig, Saxony. They also produced a number of fine continuous toned artist signed cards as Aquarellchroms. After they closed their remaining stock was distributed by Misch & Company
Armstrong & Co. 1872-1904
Boston, MA
A printer of chromolithographic products including postcards. The company was founded by the artist Charles Armstrong. It was renamed the Armstrong Moore Company in 1897.
Art Lithography Co. (1890-1915)
San Francisco, CA
A publisher of Western view-cards. These lithographic cards were printed by the Edward H. Mitchell Company.
Art Manufacturing Co. (1910-1915)
Amelia, OH
Published a wide variety of postcards types including color and black & white views, greeting and holiday cards, and political subjects. Some were made in a small panoramic format and many cards were printed with gold borders. They eventually built a new factory in Zanesville, Ohio.
Art Post Card & Novelty Co. (1915)
68 Hudson Street, Hoboken, NJ
A publisher of halftone lithographic view-cards depicting views of New York and New Jersey on textured paper.
Artino Post Card Co. (1907-1915)
New York, NY
The company of publisher E.F. Branning who produced various lithographic card types. They are especially known for their cards of northeastern American views in color, black & white, and sepia. These cards were printed in Germany. Some of their cards carry a swastika on their backs instead of their usual indian head logo, but at a time when this symbol was not yet associated with Nazis.
Artvue (1948-)
225 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
A publisher of black & white, sepia, and photochrome view-cards. They purchased the Albertype Company in 1952.
Ashville Postcard Co. (1930’s-1940’s)
Ashville, NC
A major publisher of linen postcards, eventually going on to publish photochromes. They are known to have used many different printers.
Asia Pacific Color Productions, Ltd. (1960’s-)
Hong Kong
A major printer of photochromes. They produced postcards of Vietnam for Mike Roberts.
Associated Screen News Ltd. (1920-1956)
Montreal, QC Canada
Originally a producer of short films on tourism and propaganda, creating many travelogues and documentaries especially on Native Americans. In 1920 they began working with the Canadian Pacific Railway to produce films, a project that led to the publishing of souvenir books and real photo postcards. In 1935 they bought out the 400,000 negatives of photographer William Notman, which greatly enhanced there inventory of images. They eventually went on to published views of far off places as Hawaii.
Association of the Artists of the Revolution 1922-1932
Moscow, Russia
A post revolutionary artists association that carried on the 19th century traditions of the Russian Itinerant Artists Association. They largely focused on the working man by creating images of industry and through depictions of farmers in the fields. They began publishing illustrated postcards in 1929 producing about 800 titles. These cards were printed in color halftone lithography in a Continental size. They were closed with all other artist associations by the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1932.
Atkinson News Co. (1901-1936)
Tilton, NH
Importerters, jobbers, and publishers of view-cards depicting the White Mountains of New Hampshire in halftone lithography. Some of their cards were hand colored. In their later years they printed cards in black & white. The trade name Naturekrom was sometimes used on their cards. They marketed their cards to stores in variety packs of a hundred to be put out in displays. These cards were printed both in Germany and in the United States.
Atlas Society (1904-1909)
10 East 23rd Street, New York, NY
Published black & white and color view-cards of the United States. These cards were printed in Germany.
Auburn Post Card Mfg. Co. 1913-1929
Auburn, IN
A printer and publisher of halftone greetings, comics, and black & white view-cards of the United States. Originally named the Witten-Dennisison Post Card Company, they later changed their name to the Auburn Greeting Card Company in 1929.
Austrian Red Cross 1880-
Vienna, Austria
The Austrian Red Cross (Osterreichisches Rotes Kreuz) is an active part of the original International Red Cross. Like many other national branches they began publishing postcards in the early 20th century as a way to raise funds for humanitarian health needs. Their most notable card sets were issued during the First World War in lithographic halftones. Most of these were combat scenes but shown through the perspective of individual soldiers performing a variety of tasks and rarely broad scenes of the battlefield. Many of these cards border on military propaganda as they often depict Austrian soldiers in heroic situations.
Autotype Printing & Publishing Co. 1886-
74 New Oxford Street, London, England
Printers and publishers in photogravure and the meisenbach process.
D.M. Averill & Co. 1905-
Portland, OR
Published their first cards for the Lewis & Clark Expo in 1905. They went on to produce postcards of views and of Native Americans.
Ayre & Sons, Ltd. 1859-
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Founded as a wholesale mail-order department store. By the 1880’s they began selling photographs of local views. When postcards became popular they began publishing their own and eventually produced over 1000 images of Newfoundland, more than any other local publisher. Many of their early continuous toned images in a distinct RGB pallet were printed in Germany. After Louis Haldane Ayre took over leadership of the company in 1942 he expanded the business across Canada.
