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Oblats of Marie-Immaculate   1816-
Paris, France

A Catholic religious order founded in Marseilles in 1816 by the French priest Eugene de Mazenod. While their original efforts were focused on the revitalization of the Church after the turbulent years of Revolutionary France, they later became heavily involved in missionary work. These new efforts were particularly strong in Canada, to which missionaries were first sent in 1841. They primarily worked in the Yukon and Northwest Territories but also served in Alaska. When postcards came into vogue they began to use them for fundraising purposes, publishing many strong images of the native populations of these regions in simple black & white.

Ocean Comfort Co. m.b.h.   (1920’s-1930’s)
Bremen, Germany

This was a private company that provided exclusive services to the North German Lloyd Line. Highly trained saleswomen who were knowledgeable in the arts in both German and English were assigned to salons aboard steamships. Here they provided a number of items specifically oriented to first class passengers including a range of high quality postcards. It was usually all business as the saleswomen traveled tourist class.

Oklahoma News Co.   (1924-1956)
Tulsa, OK

A publisher and distributor of postcard views, cowboys, cowboy songs and poetry, and large letter cards.

H. Enida Olive Co., Ltd.   (1912-1920)
Calgary, AB, Canada

This photographer published printed view-cards of local scenes in black & white, dutone, and hand colored.

Omaha News Co.   (1890-)
Omaha, NE

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

Gobindram Oodeyram   1880’s-1970’s
Jaipur, India

The most important photo studio in that region of India for 90 years. In addition to their many landscapes they captured local types ranging from numerous dancing girls to the Maharajah. Many of these images were transformed into finely printed monochromatic postcards, the more important of which were hand colored.

Oregon News   (1906-1936)
Portland, Oregon

A distributor of postcards for the American News Company. They also published regional lithographic view-cards with many scenes of the Columbia River.

O.S. & P.C. Co.   (1907-1910)
Sydney, Australia

Published black & white and brightly hand colored view-cards of local scenes. These cards issued under the Oceanic Series name were manufactured in Prussia.

Osborne Ltd.   (1905-1908)
22 East 21st Street, New York, NY

A publisher of artist signed postcards and view-cards of the mid-Atlantic States. They were printed in lithographic halftones employing a rosette pattern.

I. & M. Ottenheimer Co.   1890-
Pine Street, Baltimore, MD

These publishers produced a variety of books but are known for their joke books by the fictional Moe & Joe Ott. They also published a great many view-cards of the mid-Atlantic region from early hand colored cards to linens. In 1963 with the grandsons now running the business they moved to Pimlico.

Owen Card Publishing   (1915-1927)
1621 Lake, Elmira, New York

The Baker Brothers had been local news dealers since the 1890’s and began publishing postcards of regional views under there name in the early 20th century. Around 1915 they started up the Owen Card Publishing Company that specifically dealt with greeting and holiday cards. These cards were printed on a linen embossed paper and often contained large empty areas, a typical American design. The company later became involved with designing boxes for cards as well.

Oxford University Press   1896-
Oxford, England

This publisher of scholarly materials has grown to become the largest university press in the world. The produced many art reproductions on postcards for a number of different cultural institutions. These black & white lithographic cards do not always capture the subtleties and detail needed to properly display the art works they depict.