Savory, E.W. Ltd.
Written by admin on 11 July, 2011 – 8:36 pm -Founded in Bristol in 1889, E.W. Savory Ltd was a printing and fine art publishing company. They used the chromolithography process for the production of postcards. Subjects consisted mainly of landscapes although portrait, glamour, ethnic, animal, and hunting cards were produced. The company also published artist signed postcards and later produced cards in photogravure under the trade name Bromogravure. Time ran out for the company in 1920. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions Best Match ... more
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Millar & Lang Art Publishing Co. Ltd.
Written by admin on 11 July, 2011 – 8:18 pm -Founded in Glasgow in 1903, Millar & Lang was a publisher of postcards depicting a wide variety of subjects, including landscapes, street scenes, comic cards and animals. They also used 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 used to create hand coloured collotypes. By the 1930’s many of the company's photo cards began to be hand coloured. In addition they published a series of line drawings by the artist Andrew Allan (1863 - 1940) in the New Colour-Crayon Process. In their later years the company moved to London. The company went out of business in 1941. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian... more
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Gale & Polden Ltd.
Written by admin on 11 July, 2011 – 11:02 am -In 1866 James Gale opened a book shop in Chatham, Kent. In the early 1870's he had progressed to printing books and by 1877 he had taken on one Ernest Polden as an apprentice. In 1888 the pair had moved to Aldershot and had joined together as a limited partnership with an office in London. As befits the company's origins in Chatham and then Aldershot, most of the work it carried out was of a military nature. Their military links were further strengthened with the opening of a third office in Portsmouth in order to help capture business from the Royal Navy. Moving into the twentieth century the company continued producing cards of a military theme, by now using the new technology of halftone lithography. Series produced at this time covered... more
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Beagles, J. & Co. Ltd.
Written by admin on 10 July, 2011 – 7:43 pm -The son of a Lincolnshire butcher, John Beagles was born in 1844. In 1881 he founded his photo publishing company. Later he became a printer and publisher of real photo postcards which, in the main, depicted stage and movie stars, boxers and other celebrities. Major stars of the late Victorian / Edwardian period, such as Dame Ellen Terry, Andrew Carnegie, Enrico Caruso and Harry Randall were depicted. The company also produced view cards in their Phototint series and some of the great Louis Wain's work via the set Matrimonial Cats, some of which were hand coloured. John died in 1909, and his son continued to manage the business, by now a limited company. The business continued publishing pictures of actresses, street scenes, Palestine(!?)... more
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Barton, Harvey & Son
Written by admin on 10 July, 2011 – 3:25 pm -One of the more long lived British postcard publishers, Harvey Barton & Son existed as a going concern between 1885 and 1960. Harvey Barton was a landscape photographer of some repute, one time president of the Bristol Camera Society. The company initially published its own hand coloured images of the landscape of south-west of England and later graduated to producing art reproductions. The company also published postcards under the Vistasound label - a novel idea which was a set of picture postcards that could be played as 45rpm records which were manufactured by the Hardy Record Manufacturing Company of London. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German... more
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Art & Humour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Written by admin on 10 July, 2011 – 2:52 pm -Based at 27 Chancery Lane in London, the Art & Humour Publishing Co. Ltd. ws a short-lived enterprise lasting just 22 years from 1915 until 1937. The company's most famous illustrator was Fred Spurgin. The company published their half-tone lithogrpahic cards in series such as Bathing Charmers or By the Sea. They also published view-cards. Most of their material was printed in England although some German imports were also ditributed by the company. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions ... more
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Stevens, Thomas Ltd.
Written by admin on 5 August, 2010 – 8:17 am -Originally a ribbon weaver, Thomas Stevens was born in Coventry in 1828. He learned his craft at Pears and Franklin in Upper Well Street. By 1854 he had managed to save enough to set himself up in business in Queen Street - eventually moving to Cox Street. Initially bookmarks were his stock-in-trade, although he soon expanded into making Valentine along with Christmas and Birthday cards. By the time of the Post Office's relaxation of the rules relating to postcards, the company was able to also move into this market also. Thomas Stevens died in 1888 when the ownership of the business passed to his son, Thomas Inger Stevens. When he died in 1908 the business became a limited company. Production continued in Coventry up until 1940 when the... more
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Aristophot
Written by admin on 8 November, 2009 – 7:19 pm -Aristophot was a relatively short lived (1902 - 1910) publisher of postcards based at Southampton Row in London. They produced a number of series of postcards, including some fine continuous toned Artist signed cards known as Aquarellchroms. Many of their postcards were real photographs of live subjects, e.g. their Satinette series featured popular actresses of the day. Upon their demise the remaining stock was taken over by Misch & Co. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions Best Match ... more
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Abraham, G.P. Ltd.
Written by admin on 8 November, 2009 – 6:57 pm -George Perry Abraham was a Lake District photographer, based in Keswisk, who produced photographs of local scenery. In 1907 he was joined in this pursuit by his two sons, George Dixon and Ashley; they began producing real photo cards. Many of their postcards were photographed by Ashley with colouring by the younger George. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions Best Match Time: ending soonest Time: newly listed Price: lowest first Price: highest first Price + Shipping:... more
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Photochrom Co Ltd
Written by admin on 3 November, 2009 – 12:32 pm -The Photochrom Company is based in Tunbridge Wells and has been producing postcards since 1903 when they obtained the UK licence for the Swiss photochrom process, invented in the 1880s by Hans Jakob Schmid (1856–1924). Perhaps their most famous series is the Celesque series. This was a type of early offset lithographic postcard from the company. They were untypical for their time printed in a distinctive red yellow and blue palette. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions Best Match Time:... more
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