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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 to aid charity. They also published monochromatic cards of views and the Czar. They were not only one of the first to publish postcards in Russia, their cards were considered to be the highest quality. Hampered by 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 used by other manufactureres but the way they were used 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 printed in Germany.
They also produced lithographic cards using a halftone. However these cards do not have a dot pattern, which is found on most halftone cards of this period, but a highly defined rosette pattern more typical of offset printing.
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
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 trend toward reproducing views in watercolors rather than by photographic images. Other notable artists followed such as W.W. Quatremain and A.R. Quinton who painted 2300 landscapes for their 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 it began loosing its prominence. They were an early publisher of postcards depicting art work from their shows. While postcards containing nudes was still considered provocative in the United States, the same images were looking conservative in the face of Europe’s avant-garde.
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 of 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, but mostly of Colorado and Wyoming. They first produced real photo postcards carrying the Sanborn name. They latter went on to produce halftone lithographic postcards and eventually photochromes.
Sanborn Vail & Co. (1860-1924)
Market Street, San Francisco, CA
This firm was a large wholesaler and retailer of stationary, picture frames, art supplies, and artwork. After they incorporated in 1902 they began publishing postcards. While they did some printing work themselves their postcards were printed in Germany in halftone lithography. They had branches in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
W. Sander & Son (1898-1906)
Geestemunde, Germany
A publisher of chromolithographic and collotype postcards that largely depicted ocean liners and maritime scenes.
Sandoval News Service (1940-1953)
El Paso, Texas
Published and distributed linen postcards of cowboy poetry and regional views and types that included Mexico. Many of their cards were printed by Tichnor Brothers.
Sands’ Studio (1935-1940)
Nassau, Bahamas
A publisher of local view-cards in halftone lithography with bright hand coloring. Many cards depict the native population engaged in traditional activities.
Sanford Card Co. (1908-1911)
Dansville, NY
A publisher of continuous tone lithographic holiday cards.
Santway Photo-Craft Co. (1917-1941)
Dansville, NY
A publisher of lithographic view-cards that mostly depicted scenes of the Adirondacks and Green Mountains of Vermont.
Sapirstein Greeting Card Co. 1906-1938
Cleveland, OH
Jacob Sapirstein began as a jobber of German made postcards in 1905. This provided enough revenue for him 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 is 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. Carlton Cards of Canada was acquired in 1956, Rust Craft in 1980, and Gibson Greetings in 2000.
Sarrafian Brothers 1897-1925
Beirut, Syria (now 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 World War One. 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 used 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 once again burnt in 1911 destroying all his negatives. His son however continued to sell his surviving work until 1926.
E.W. Savory, Ltd. (1889-1920)
Bristol, England
A printer and fine art publisher in chromolithography. They became publishers of artist signed postcards. Their subjects consisted mainly 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 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. He also managed the photo shop of his father, Charles Sawyer, in Concord NH until 1980.
E. Sborgi (1910-1917)
Florence, Italy
A major printer and publisher of chromolithographic art cards that mostly 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. When everything was lost to a fire the business closed.
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. These 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.
J. Scheff & Brothers (1906-1912)
San Francisco, CA
A publisher of hand colored and halftone lithographic view-cards that were printed in Germany. While the vast majority of these postcards depicted real views throughout the American West, some cards incorporated fantasy. Many of their postcards also depicted scenes from the San Francisco Earthquake.
Louis Scheiner (1912-1921)
Portland, OR
A publisher of local scenes emphasizing logging, railroads, and views of the Columbia River. His used a number of different printers to produce his lithographic postcards.
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 collotypes.
Karl von Schinacher (1930’s)
Friedrichshafen, Germany
A publisher of view-cards. The Zeppelin Airship Company also built their craft in Friedrichshafen within a special hanger floating on Lake Constance. A good number of these airships are included on Schinacher postcards.
O. Schleich Nachf (1898-1924)
Dresden, Saxony
A publisher of hand colored and monochrome collotypes, and chromolithograph artist signed postcards. They may have once been part of Goldammer & Schleich Nachf.
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 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.
Otto Schmidt & Son ((1906-1910)
944 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Published monochrome and black & white view-cards depicting local scenes, especially related to healthcare. This firm seems to be related to the Teddy Bear Toy Company but it uncertain whether they owned them or just manufactured their tin promotional signs.
H.A.J. Shultz (1898-1905)
Hamburg, Germany
A publisher of chromolithographed European and Palestinian view-cards. They also produced postcards for the Hamburg-Amerika Line.
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. These cards were printed in Germany.
E. A. Schwerdtfeger & Co. (1880’s-1980’s)
28 Monkswell Street, London, England and Berlin, Germany
Published calendars, glanzbilder, and real photo postcards of greetings and actresses on bromide paper of which many were hand colored. Their largest series of cards dealt with actresses, children, coronation portraits, and holidays, but their best known postcards are of fashionable women, often in exotic costumes. Opened a New York office at 733 Broadway in 1910. Took over the postcard department of the German, New Photographic Society in 1922. All their 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. Many of these cards were hand colored and the real photos were often issued in a miniature panoramic size of 2 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches.
Scrantom, Wetmore & Co. (1878-1917)
12 State Street, Rochester, NY
Elbert Henry Scrantom and Lansing G. Wetmore opened a bookstore in 1867. When Albert C. Walker joined them in 1878 they branched out into selling stationary and book publishing. As postcards became popular they began publishing local view-cards in lithography.
Attilo Scrocchi (1906-1945)
Milan, Italy
A publisher of souvenir booklets, local guidebooks, view-cards of Italy and Libya, plus many artist signed postcards of women and views. He produced cards in black & white, sepia, color gravure, and as real photo postcards. Some of these cards have irregular scalloped edges..
M. Seckel (1890’s)
New York, NY
A publisher of early souvenir cards depicting New York City.
E.A. Seemann & Co. (1874-1993)
Leipzig, Bavaria
An important publisher of books and fine art editions. They also produced a number of cards in halftone lithography reproducing works of art as well as hand colored real photo postcards..
Hermann Seibt (1898-1920)
Meisen, Saxony
Seibt was a large jobber for his firm Kretzschmar & Schatz but he also published Gruss aus and view-cards of Europe and Palestine under his own name. Some of these black & white collotypes were hand colored.
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.
Seiter & Kappes Litho Co. (1904-1925)
New York, NY
A publisher of finely printed lithographic products including posters and postcards.
Adolph Selige Souvenir Post Card (1900-1920)
St. Louis, MO
A publisher of predoninantly mid-Western view-cards, humor, and images of Western themes. Also produced a variety of scenes for other publishers under the trade name Seliochrom.
Dr. Selle & Co. (1910-1936)
Berlin, Germany
A printer of lithographic products from posters to postcards.
Max Rigot Selling Co. (1911-1933)
Chicago, IL
A publisher of regional view-cards in halftone lithography. They made a notable black & white set of the sinking of the S.S. Eastland in the Chicago River. By 1933 they were producing linens for the Chicago Words Fair. 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 rare streets scenes.
M.T. Sheahan (1903-1910)
297 Congress Street, Boston, MA
A fine art printer and publisher, who in addition to producing prints created many postcards on themes of animals, humor, greetings, and mottos.
W.H. Sherman’s 1886-
Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME
William H. Sherman, a printer and stationer. Sherman founded and printed the town’s newspaper. After the business was passed onto his daughters they began to published regional view-cards as well. With the growing popularity of nearby 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.
Shober & Carqueville 1876-1896
Chicago, IL
Charles Shober had run his own lithographic printing firm from 1857 until 1871 when it was destroyed in the great Chicago fire. Afterwards he took over management of the Chicago Lithographing Company from Louis Kurtz and Edward Carqueville. After Kurtz left the company was renamed Shober & Carqueville in 1876. As one of the major printers in the region they produced chromolithographed covers for sheet music, theater and circus posters, maps, and many trade cards especially for the meat packing industry. Shober left the company in the 1880’s and after Carqueville died in 1896 his sons took over the business renaming it the Carqueville Lithographing Company. This in turn was sold to the Theodore Schmidt Lithographing Company in 1915.
Shurey’s 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.
H. Sietas & Co. (1879-1910)
Chefoo, China
A photographer who published hand colored and black & white collotype view-cards of China.
Darwin D. Silberer & Brothers (1906-1908)
New York, NY
A publisher who largely produced postcards that revolving around theatrical themes. They also published hand colored greetings that were printed in Germany and Hungary.
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. (1906-1927)
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. Originaly located in Chicago, IL they moved to Grand Rapids about 1909.
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