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The Metropolitan News Co.   (1905-1916)
Boston, MA

A major publisher and printer of lithographic view-cards in color, black & white, sepia, and with hand coloring. They captured views throughout the American Northeast but postcards of New England scenery were produced in greatest number. Many of their cards have a heavy look resembling early chromolithographs. They had a close relationship with Robbins Brothers for who they made many postcards. Their cards were printed in Germany. The name Metropolitan News & Publishing Company appears on some cards.

Gebruder Metz G.m.b.H.   (1899-)
Tubingen, Germany

TThese publishers produced lithographic and real photo postcards of regional types and views. They expanded to include view-cards of the Middle East and propaganda cards by World War One. They were producing photochome cards in the 1960’s when they merged with an old Salzburg firm that manufactured promotional material, books, and souvenirs. This new enterprise, Risch-Lau & Gebr. Metz m.b.H. continues to publish postcards in addition to their stock photo business.

Gebruder Metz   (1898-1919)
Basel, Switzerland

The Metz Brothers were early art publishers of Swiss Gruss aus view-cards in black & white, sepia, and color rotogravure. They also produced hold-to-light transparency cards under the famous Meteor name for which they held a registered design.

Metz & Lautz G.m.b.H.   (1906-1918)
Darmstadt, Germany

A publisher of illustrated books and postcards depicting views and types. They produced cards in black & white as well as continuous ton lithography.

Mezzogravure Co. Ltd.   1910-1916
Barnes, England

A subsidiary of the Anglo Engraving Company founded by Edward Hunter and J.A. Hughes. They developed and utilized the mezzogravure process in their printing. The business was sold to the Sun Engraving Company in 1916.

Mid-Continent News Co.   (1920’s-1960)
Oklahoma City, OK

A publisher and distributor of postcards depicting regional views and cowboy song sets.

Midwest Map Co. (MWM)   (1930-1980)
Aurora, MO

A printer and publisher of maps and postcards in photogravure and lithography. Noted for their many comic linen cards. They changed their name to MWM Color Press and later merged with Dexter Press in 1980 to become MWM Dexter.

Dr. Aldolph Miethe   (1903-1920’s)
Berlin, Germany

This scientist contributed to many important advancements in photography. He made the first telephoto lenses for cameras, improved on panchromatic films, and with Johannes Gaedicke invented magnesium flash powder. In 1903 Wilhelm Bounphol built a trichrome camera based on Miethes scientific work capable of exposing the same scene to three different panchromatic negatives through different colored filters. Each negative could then be exposed to a different plate in the printing of postcards with the resulting image displaying the actual colors of the scene without the need of retouching. These German made cards were often labeled Original Miethe Naturfarben Postkarte.

Migdal   (1926-1940’s)
Jerusalem, Palestine

A company founded by the photographer Jacob Benor-Kalter to publish his own work. He emigrated from Poland to settle in Jerusalem in 1921. By 1926 he began publishing local views in series such as Eretz Israel. These images were followed by black & white photogravure postcards that were also issued in series. Benor-Kalter had been known for his combinations of photo and graphic styles, which led to his work in photomontage by the 1930’s. He broke with the tradition of depicting Jews as exotic Types turning toward a more social realist style in which they were represented in various forms of labor to create a better life. These photos were also produced in postcard form by other publishers such as S. Alder of Haifa in 1934. In the 1940’s he gave up photography to pursue his interests in architecture.

Humphrey Milford   (1917-1931)
London, England

A book publisher who also reproduced the paintings of many woman artists as postcards. Their subjects range from animals to children’s fantasy.

G.V. Millar & Co.   (1908-1915)
Scranton, PA

A publisher of regional color and black & white view-cards in halftone lithography. They are noted for their many images of Pennsylvania coal mines.

Millar & Lang Art Publishing Co. (M & L, Ltd.)   1903-1941
Glasgow, Scotland and London England

A publisher of postcards depicting a wide variety of subjects in a wide variety of techniques. Most of their cards were published under the National Series name. Some scenes that were printed as black & white real photo postcards were also used to create hand colored collotypes. By the 1930’s many of their photo cards also began to be hand colored. In addition they published a series of line drawings by the artist Andrew Allan in the New Colour-Crayon Process. In their later years the company moved to London, England.

Miller Art Co.   (1922-1941)
Brooklyn. NY

Published view-cards of the Northeast in halftone lithography. Many of their cards suffer from very crude retouch work. They issued better quality holiday cards and a large set of New York World’s Fair cards in 1939, many with decorative borders.

Ruth Murray Miller   (1929-1939)
Philadelphia, PA

Postcards were published under this name for the Art Advertising Service. These linen view-cards depicted scenes from the mid-Atlantic States up to New England. They were printed in black & white, monochrome, and in color, often with a soft focus.

The Minneapolis Tribune   1867-1982
Minneapolis, MN

The largest newspaper in Minnesota. They published halftone postcards on heavy paper stock in the first decade of the 20th century that were given away as free supplements. Merged with the Minnesota Star newspaper in 1982 to become the Minniapolis Star Tribune.

Minerva   (1890-1921)
Prague, Bohemia

The Bohemian poet Eliska Krasnohorska founded Minerva in 1890 as the first private school in Central Europe to promote higher education for women. By 1912, if not earlier, they were publishing Art reproductions in halftone lithography as a fund raising method. When the school was founded, Bohemia was part of the Austrian Empire and it became part of the newly formed Czechoslovakia after World War One.

Minnesota News Co.   (1905-)
St. Paul, MN

A publisher and distributor of local view-cards for the American News Company.

Minsky Brothers & Co.   (1935-1948)
Pittsburg, PA

A publisher of many linen postcards and folders depicting scenes from western Pennsylvania.

Casa Miret   (1908-1913)
San Francisco, Mexico

Photographer Felix Miret produced many real photo view-cards from his work. He captured rather ordinary views of the Capital and of northern Mexico but is best known for his cards of La Decena Trágica that captured the street fighting in Mexico City in 1913 during the Revolution.

H.A. Mirza & Sons   (1907-1912)
Chandni Chowk, Delhi, India

Photographers who published both photographs and printed postcards. While they produced common view-cards, many depicted scenes from places throughout South Asia and the Middle East that held religious significance. Of particular importance were postcards depicting the pilgrimage to Mecca that were purchased by many who found it impossible to go on the hajj. Their cards were printed in Germany in fine continuous tone lithography. The titles on then may be in English or Urdi.

Misch & Co., Ltd.   (1905-1913)
Golden Lane, London, England

A major publisher of a wide variety of finely printed postcards that utilized many different techniques. Their business originally began in the 1890’s by printing Christmas cards under the name Misch & Stock. They went on to produce many art reproductions, comics, religious and sports themes, artist signed cards, and a World Gallery series of worldwide views. Some of their card types were issued under the names Mezzo-graphs, Aerotints, and Camera Graphs.

The Edward H. Mitchell Co.   1898-1923
225 Post Street, San Francisco, CA

A major printer and publisher of view-cards depicting scenes throughout the American West. They also published a variety of other card types including large sets of flowers, exaggerations, and view-cards of Hawaii and the Philippines. They temporarily moved to Clay Street when their Post Street office was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, but they later went on to set up a factory on Army Street. Even though they developed their own Mitchell Photo-Chrome Process to print their cards, many were also contracted out to other printers. Likewise they printed postcards for a number of other publishers. Their cards were printed in both the United States and in Germany. Over the years Mitchell bought out numerous small western competitors. Mitchell closed the postcard company in 1923 to concentrate on his oil interests. The three and a half million cards left in his inventory were sold of in one lot for $500.
The locations printed on the titles of their cards are often incorrect and their numbering system does not follow a sequential order corresponding to date. Cross refferencing numbers with the changing graphics on their card backs can help to determain the approximate date of publication.

Their first sepia and black & white views were printed in halftone lithography and were numbered 1 to 4999. In addition there are sepia cards in an 8000 series, some with various letter prefixes. Many others were not numbered.

Private mail cards from their early years were printed in continuous tone color lithography and were un-numbered. These may have been contracted out to the Detroit Publishing Company.

Lithographic halftone cards with undivided backs were issued in numbers 1 to 999 but many others were not numbered.

Divided back cards were issued in numbers 1 to 3366. Many of these were printed for other publishers. The cards of this series display the most recognizable style from Edward Mitchell.

A good many divided back cards were printed without numbers.

There are many other additional types and sets of cards that do not fit into any of the categories above.

Mittet & Co.   (1905-1925)
Oslo (Kristiania), Norway

A publisher of color and black & white view-cards and types of Norway in halftone lithography. These cards were printed in Norway.

Gustavo Modiano & Co.   (1902-1920)
Milan, Italy

A publisher of books, posters, and postcards. Noted for his propaganda images as that printed for the Institute Italo-Britannico during the First World War.

Moffat, Yard & Co.   1905-1912
New York, NY

A publisher of illustrated books. Like many book publishers they also produced lithographic postcards. They partially merged with the John Lane Company in 1912 retaining editorial control while John Lane ran the business end.

Albert Monier   (1951-1998)
Paris, France

A photographer of Paris, rural France, and French North Africa. Many of his images are unique for being populated by working class people and the dispossessed. Monier’s compositions show a strong personal eye that was influenced by modernist tendencies. In 1951 he began turning his work into black & white continental size real photo postcards. In 1960 color postcards were introduced and in 1963 he began publishing posters. Monier manufactured about 80 million postcards from his own studio.

Montana Souvenir Co.   (1907-1960’s)
Missoula, MT

A publisher of regional view-cards printed in halftone lithography up to the modern photochrome. Some of their early landscapes were unusual because they incorporated embossing, a technique usually reserved for greeting or holiday cards.

Montreal News Co.   (1880-1919)
Montreal, QB. Canada

After their early interest in publishing song books this company became an important distributor of printed materials, including postcards, to newsstands and tourist related stores. Andrew S. Irving, the company&rsquo's founder also owned the Toronto News Company.

A. Moore   (1906-1907)
Brooklyn, NY

Published view-cards of Brooklyn and Manhattan in both sepia and color on textured paper. Their cards have an obvious RGB pallet and a washed out look to them.

Moore & Gibson   (1905-1918)
New York, NY

A publisher of postcards depicting views of the American East in monochrome coloypes, halftone lithography, and with hand coloring.

F. Moore’s Railway Photographs   (1950-1977)
3 Amen Corner, London. England

A publisher of real photo postcards exclusively depicting British railways.

Charles E. Morris   (1905-1925)
Chinook, MT

A photographer of Western views and themes depicting scenes from the states of Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming. He published many of his images as lithographic postcards that were made in Germany. Many of his later cards were printed by Curt Teich.

G.W. Morris   (1901-1922)
Portland, ME

Morris was an important publisher of pictorial books before they began producing view-cards. Most of their postcards captured scenes of the Northeast, especially of Maine and New Hampshire, but cards of other states as far away as Florida can be found. The nature of the drawn in skies found on many of their cards gives then a very distint look. Their early cards in continuous tone lithography were printed in Germany and Saxony. They contracted out their latter halftone cards to Curt Teich.

N. Moser   (1915-1939)
New York, NY

A photographer who published many real photo postcards of his work. He is best known for his naval and aviation scenes.

A. Mosinger   (1908-1909)
Zagreb, Croatia

A publisher of a variety of fine lithographic postcards in color and monotones. These include view-cards and greetings. Some of their cards were printed by Raphael Tuck. They are known to have depicted many South American landscapes.

Muir, Marshall & Co.   (1897-1914)
56 Marine Square, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad

A publisher of illustrated guide books and souvenirs. They also produced a number of lithographic postcards depicting local scenes and types.

Muir & Moodie   1898-1945
Dunedin, New Zealand

Bothers Walter John Burton and Alfred Henry Burton arrived in New Zealand in 1856 to become the best known photographers of that land during the 19th century. After a number of years in absence Alfred returned from England in 1876. Soon he bought out his brother’s share of the business and took on a new partner Thomas Mintaro Baily Muir. Walter opened is own studio but committed suicide in 1880. About that same time George Moodie came to work at Alfred’s studio with additional photographers joining in subsequent years. By 1898 Muir and Moodie were running the studio under their own names. With the growing popularity of postcards they began publishing their own view-cards and advertising cards in continuous tone lithography. Many of the early images captured by the Burton bothers and the other photographers who worked for them were now published under the Muir & Moodie name and precise accreditation is no longer possible on some images.

Enrique Muller   1898-1918
198 Broadway, New York, NY

An official photographer for the U.S. Navy. He produced many real photo postcards of naval ships, facilities, and of sailors in their daily routines. As our nation entered the First World War these cards grew in popularity. His photographs were also used by other postcard publishers to create printed postcards.

Enrique Muller’s son Robert, also became an official Navy photographer and took over the family business around 1905. Many real photo postcards were also published of his work. He often went under the name Enrique Muller Jr.

Muller & Trub   (1892-1898)
Aarau, Switzerland

Art printers of books, maps, posters, and postcards in chromolithography. Produced a number of Gruss aus cards depicting scenes from central Europe.

Munier Montiuet   (1930-1954)
19 Rue Marceau, Nice, France

A photographer and art publisher who reproduced his work as glossy real photo postcards. These were largely view-cards covering scenes of Monaco, the Riviera, and the French Alps. Many cards were hand colored and came with scalloped edges.

Max Munk   (1900-1917)
Vienna, Austria

An important publisher of artist signed cards that covered a whole range of topics and styles. Their holiday cards and images of women are the best known. Their cards, manufactured in Austria, were originally printed in chromolithography that was later replaced with a very fine lithographic halftone. These cards are usually just labeled M.M. Vienne. They also puplished a few stray postcards for the Detroit Publishing Company.

Murray Views, Pty., Ltd.   1908-
Gympie, Australia

Founded as the portrait studio of photographer Fred Murray. By 1929 he began producing souvenirs and real photo postcards of local views as customers for studio work declined. Many of these glossy cards were boldly hand colored. Eventually the business grew to become one of the largest suppliers of real photo postcards in Australia. Fred died in 1946 but the business was taken over by his nephews Sam and Allan.

H.A. Myer & Co.   (1910-1913)
Syracuse, NY

A photographer who produced many real photo postcards depicting local views. Around 1912 Myer moved to Jordan, New York, a little way to the west but continued to publish local cards from there as well.

Mystic Art Association   1913-
9 Water Street, Mystic, CT

An association of local artists that promote their own work through exhibitions at their own gallery. Their gallery has been the subject of many view-cards as a tourist attraction but they also published a post card series themselves in black & white halftone lithography for publicity.