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Commune of Saint Eugenia   1898-1917
St. Petersburg, Russia

A subsidiary to the Committee of the Red Cross that published many cards as a method of raising funds for its Sister of Mercy nurses. They created artist drawn chromolithographic cards with the work of such notables as E. Bem, Bevenshtam, Bilbin, Pimonenko, Smukrovich, and Zarubin. These postcards tend to exhibit a folksy style that was common to the Union of Russian Artists. While expensive to produce they were marketed at high prices since they were sold to aid charity. They also published monochromatic cards of views and of the Czar. They were not only one of the first to publish postcards in Russia, their cards were considered to be of the highest quality. With production hampered by World War they finally closed during the Russian Revolution.

St. Louis News Co.   (1881-)
St. Louis, MO

A publisher and distributor of printed materials including postcards. They were an agent for the American News Company for much of their history.

St. Paul Souvenir Co.   (1907-1910)
St. Paul, MN

A publisher of local view-cards. The printing technicques employed by this company were also used by other card manufactureres but the way they were used here were unusual for their time. Some cards were printed as high quality collotypes in which the colors look to be hand painted on, but are actually printed. These cards were made in Germany.

St. Paul Souvenir also produced lithographic cards using a halftone. However these cards do not have the familiar dot pattern found on most halftone cards of this period, but a highly defined rosette pattern more typical of the offset printing process popular in later years.

N. Coll Salieti   (1920’s)
Barcelona, Spain

A publisher of art reproductions and artist signed postcards in fine halftone lithography. Best known for his portraiture of Spanish women in traditional native dress.

J. Salmom Ltd.   1880-
Sevenoaks, England

A publisher who began producing view-cards under the trade names Gravure Style, Sepia, Sepia-Style, and Sepiatone. Around 1903 a local artist, C. Essenhigh Corke, provided watercolors to Salmon for postcards. This started a company trend toward reproducing views from watercolors rather than by photographic images. Other contributions followed from notable artists such as W.W. Quatremain and A.R. Quinton who painted 2300 landscapes for Salmon’s postcards between 1911 and 1934. While most cards were issued under the Salmon Series name, some painted views were put out under the name Oilochrom. They also produced comic cards, animals, military subjects, railway cards, and a series of illustrated cats by Lois Wain.

Salon des Paris   1725-
Paris, France

While the Solon’s roots date back to 1648 it only later became the official exhibitor of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Their yearly exhibitions were the most prestigious in Europe for many years. The Société des Artistes Francais took over the Salon in 1881 after it lost government sponsorship. By 1890 schisms began to siphon of members and the Salon began loosing its prominence. They were an early publisher of art cards depicting paintings from their shows. Many of their postcards contained nudes, which was still considered provocative in the United States while looking conservative to Europeans in the face of the new avant-garde art movements.

Samson Brothers   (1909-1918)
New York, NY

A printer and publisher of artist drawn cards in halftone lithography. They produced many holiday cards and commemorative cards for the Hudson-Fulton celebration. These cards were printed in the United States but were not known for their high quality.

J.J. Samuels, Ltd.   (1907-1908)
Lother Arcade, London, England

A printer, publisher, and distributor of postcards. They are best known for their halftone lithographic view-cards of London issued in the Arcadian Series, their hand colored comic cards, and real photo cards depicting actresses and children.

San Antonio Card Co.   (1944-)
San Antonio, TX

A publisher of Linens and Photochromes depicting local views and cowboys with a number of large letter cards as well.

Sanborn Souvenir   (1920-1976)
Denver, CO

A publisher of books and postcards of the American West, with most cards capturing scenes from Colorado and Wyoming. They first produced real photo postcards that carried the Sanborn name. They latter went on to produce halftone lithographic postcards and eventually photochromes

Sanford Card Co.   (1908-1911)
Dansville, NY

A publisher of continuous tone lithographic holiday cards.

Sapirstein Greeting Card Co.   1906-1938
Cleveland, OH

Jacob Sapirstein began working as a jobber for German made postcards in 1905. This provided him with enough revenue to start up his own company and he soon grew to become a major distributor of cards and self service racks. By 1936 he was printing his own postcards and greetings, and in 1938 the company name was changed to American Greetings Publishers. Much corporate reshuffling and buyouts took place in the years that followed. Sapirstein aquired Carlton Cards of Canada in 1956, Rust Craft in 1980, and Gibson Greetings in 2000.

Sarrafian Brothers   1897-1925
Beirut, Syria (Lebenon)

Photographer Abraham Sarrafian was joined by his brothers Boghos and Samuel to take, publish, and distribute photographs. Beirut was then part of the Ottoman Empire and they worked there through the years of the French Mandate that was established following the First World War. They captured about 25 percent of all images made of the area stretching from Libya then back to Turkey. They published over 1500 continuous toned lithographic postcards of ethnic types and views.

Sauberlin & Pfeiffer   (1905-1941)
Vevey, Switzerland

A printer and publisher that utilized chromolithography. The posters and postcards they produced displayed a flat graphic style.

Charles Roscoe Savage   1875-1926
Salt Lake City, UT

An important portrait and landscape photographer of the American West. After becoming a Mormon he moved to Salt Lake City from England in 1860. Savage set up the Art Bazar in 1875 to market his photographs, but it burnt down in 1883 destroying all his work. The store was rebuilt from which he sold a wide variety of card photos and stereo-views. Many of his images were later turned into halftone lithographic postcards printed by Edward H. Mitchell. After Savage died in 1909 his son continued to run the Art Bazar but it burnt once again in 1911 destroying all his negatives. His son however continued to sell Savage’s surviving work until 1926.

E.W. Savory, Ltd.   (1889-1920)
Bristol, England

A printer and fine art publisher in chromolithography. They eventually became publishers of artist signed postcards. Their subjects mainly consisted of landscapes though many ethnic, animal, glamour, and hunting cards were produced as well. They later produced cards in photogravure under the trade name Bromogravure.

Sawyer Scenic Photo   1920- 1940’s
725 SW 20 Place, Portland, OR

A publisher of many printed and real photo view-cards. In 1939 they invented the View Master stereo viewing system as an alternative to the postcards whose market was declining.

Harold T. Sawyer Photo and Art Shop.   (1934-1940)
Chatham, MA

A photographer who published black & white and hand colored printed view-cards of Cape Cod centering arround the town of Chatham. He also managed the shop of his father, the well known photographer Charles Sawyer, in Concord, New Hampshire until 1980.

E. Sborgi   (1910-1917)
Florence, Italy

A major printer and publisher of chromolithographic art cards that tended to depicted paintings from the Italian Renaissance. These cards were printed in Italy.

Scenic Photo Publishing Co.   (1927)
Seattle, WA

A publisher of real photo postcards depicting scenes of the American West. Their cards covered many subjects included ships, trains, and cowboys. After everything was lost to a fire the business never reopened.

Otto Schallerer   (1910-1968)
Seward, AK

A photographer of southern Alaska whose views were turned into many real photo postcards and sold from the Alaska Store. He moved to Ketchikan in 1930 and began working with Jack Thwaties on a series of scenic photo books. When Thwaties retired he bought the business and turned it into Schallerer’s Photo Shop. Most of his photo work were of local scenes though he is noted for his aerial photography. The store was again sold in 1965 but retained the same name until it closed in 2006.

J.H. Schaefer   (1900-1912)
Amsterdam, Netherlands

A publisher of postcards depicting views and scenes from street life printed in continuous tone lithography and in black & white. Some of these cards were embossed. They also published brown toned real photo cards with hand coloring under the name Rembrant Edition.

I. Scheff & Brothers   (1906-1912)
San Francisco, CA

A publisher of West Coast view-cards in fine halftone lithography. Many of their postcards depicted scenes from the San Francisco Earthquake. Their cards were printed in Germany.

I. Scheff Engraving Co., Inc.   (1930’s-)
480 Canal Street, New York

A commercial printer of a wide variety of items including postcards. Their black & white and sepia cards were printed in the unusual technique of line steel engraving. They currently operate out of West Babylon, NY.

Scherer, Nabholz & Co.   (1880’s-1906)
Moscow, Russia

These photographic publishers produced cabinet cards depicting famous authors, Russian types, and the Czar. After postcards became popular many of these images were produced on them as phototypies.

Schlesinger Brothers   (1907-1920’s)
New York, NY

Photographers who published a number of holiday cards and hand colored images of women. They also produced a number of generic view-cards in a fine gravure with wide borders and a false plate mark.

Henri Schlumpf   (1880-1902)
Winterthur, Switzerland

An important chromolithographer who produced illustrated books and gruss aus souvenir cards. He also published a set of cards on the Swiss military.

Arthur P. Schmidt & Co.   (1888-1916)
324 Dearborn, Chicago, IL and Boston, MA

A publisher of sheet music and lithographic postcards. Many of their cards were illustrated with scenes of interiors and the upper class that inhabited them. The backs of these cards were often overprinted with advertising.

Earnst Schmidt & Co.   (1908-1912)
Lubeck, Germany

A publisher of view-cards depicting scenes throughout the world. These cards were published in black & white, distinct color phototypes, and as real photo postcards.

Edgar Schmidt   (1998-1903)
Budapest, Hungry and Dresden, Saxony

A publisher of fine chromolithographic and black & white postcards. They produced cards on a variety of themes but are noted for their opera series. Schmidt also published many views and images of women as real photo postcards.

Schulze Litho & Post Card Co.   (1909-1910)
New York, NY

A printer of lithographic products including postcards. Their halftone cards have a very bright and unblended pallet creating a distinct and highly mannered look.

E. J. Schwabe Publishing Co.   (1907-1909)
New York, NY

Published historical scenes and view-cards of many States. Their cards were printed in Germany.

Lange B. L. Schwalbach   (1907)
Boston, MA

Published view-cards of the American East and a set of Colonial Heroes with elaberate borders containing pictoral and written narrative. These cards were printed in Germany.

E.A. Schwerdtfeger & Co.   1908-1914
28 Monkswell Street, London, England and Berlin, Germany

Published real photo postcards almost exclusively. Their largest series of cards dealt with actresses, children, coronation portraits, and holidays. Their best known postcards however are of fashionable women, often in exotic costumes. Opened a New York office at 733 Broadway in 1910. All cards were printed in Berlin, Germany.

L. Scortzis & Co.   (1906-1915)
Cairo, Egypt

An important photographer of Egyptian scenes and people. He published photographs, real photo postcards and printed cards. The real photos were often issued in a miniature panoramic size of 2 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches with many of these cards being hand colored.

M. Seckel   (1890’s)
New York, NY

A publisher of early souvenir cards depicting New York City.

E.A. Seemann & Co.   (1874-)
Leipzig, Germany

An important publisher of books and fine art editions. They also produced a number of cards in halftone lithography reproducing works of art..

Adolph Selige Souvenir Post Card   (1900-1920)
St. Louis, MO

A publisher of predoninantly mid-Western view-cards, humor, and images on Western themes. Also produced a variety of scenes for other publishers under the trade name Seliochrom.

Seihan Printing Co., Ltd.   (1923-)
Osaka, Japan

A publisher and printer of illustrated books. Produced a series of postcards reproducing traditional Japanese woodblock prints that were printed in their patented H.B. Process. While it is made up of many very small dots, barely perceivable to the eye, it creates the slightly uneven look of flat woodblock printing. Many of these cards were distributed through the steamship lines that ran service to Japan.

Dr. Selle & Co.   (1910-1936)
Berlin, Germany

A printer of lithographic products from posters to postcards.

Max Rigot Selling Co.   (1914-1933)
Chicago, IL

A publisher of regional view-cards in halftone lithography. These cards were contracted out to Curt Teich.

Ser Lithography Co.   1871-1980
Rochester, NY

An early printer of chromolithographs. They are best known for their holiday postcards. Merged with Karle & Co. in 1932 and later moved to Detroit in 1981 under the name Ser-Traung-Schmidt.

Fred Seyffarth   (1908-1909)
Brooklyn, NY

A photographer and publisher of local view-cards. He captured many street scenes not covered by other publishers.

W.H. Sherman’s   1886-
Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME

William H. Sherman was a printer and stationer that founded and printed the town’s newspaper. After the business was passed onto his daughters they began to published regional view-cards as well. The growing number of rusticaters and large Victorian Hotels built in town provided for a wide audience for postcards. After the formation of nearby Sieur de Monts National Monument in 1916, which grew into Acadia National Park, many images of its scenery were turned into postcards for tourists. The store was sold to Michael and Patricia Curtis in 1962 who have opened a chain under the original name.

Shureyís Publications   (1903-1927)
11 Gough Square, London, England

A large magazine publisher who also produced postcards as free inserts to encourage sales. The cards bore the series names relating to specific magazines such as Smart Novels, Yes & No, and Dainty Novels. Many of these were artist drawn cards that covered views throughout Great Britain and its colonies plus romantic and military themes. These cards were printed lithographically using a very open halftone. Many of their cards were manufactured by Doolittle, Fenwick & Co. in York, Allday Ltd. in Birmingham, and Nimmo in Edinburgh.

A. M. Simon   (1907-1930)
113 Mercer Street, New York, NY

A publisher of view-cards depicting the American East in halftone black & white and sepia lithography. Many of these postcards were hand colored using stencils.

L. Simondetti   (1898-1915)
Turin, Italy

An important printer of chromolithographic posters and fashion prints. They also produced a number of finely printed postcards and are noted for their vignetted cards of Italian regiments.

Simplicissimus   1896-1944
Munich, Bavaria

A satirical weekly magazine that was begun by Albert Langen. This publication held a large number of modern style illustrations that were noted for their strong visual presence as well as showing scenes from non-idealized everyday life. Artists such as George Grosz and Kathe Kollwitz did work for them. They also began publishing hand colored lithographic postcards of some of their illustrations. Because of their irreverent stance on many issues some of the magazines editors, writers, and cartoonists were imprisoned over the years. After the outbreak of World War One they aligned themselves more closely to the German government and produced many propaganda postcards depicting scenes on the home front. Simplicissimus was revived between 1954 and 1967.

The Simplicity Co.   (1907-1920’s)
Grand Rapids, MI

A publisher of national view-cards and greeting cards. The style of these lithographic postcards changed over time as different printers were used.

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