7-426: Tichnor Brothers, Inc. was a Boston-based American graphic arts and printing company in operation from 1908 to 1987. Tichnor was one of the major producers of souvenir postcards of American cities in the 20th century, including large-letter postcards from 1936 to 1952. Tichnor and Curt Teich were rivals; in at least one case Curt Teich managers wanted to copy a view from a Tichnor postcard. The Tichnor Bros. archives,
14-570: A large-letter had existed since 1900 but it was only with the color and design innovations of the 1930s that they "exploded" in popularity. Early designs had unrealistic quality in part because the composing artist had never been to the place depicted, but by the 1940s "color transparencies were being used more extensively as the image source, and pictures started to become more realistic." In his day, Curt Teich produced cards for all 50 U.S. states and more than 1,000 cities. Tichnor Company also produced large-letter designs. A 50-pane USPS stamp set
21-486: A valuable source for American architectural and cultural history, are held at Boston Public Library , which has also posted thousands of free-use images online at their Digital Commonwealth site and in Flickr albums. The founding brothers were Harry N. Tichnor (July 7, 1877 – July 26, 1911) and Louis Tichnor (September 11, 1879 – November 6, 1974). Harry and Louis were two of Morris and Dora (Weiss) Tichnor's eight children;
28-404: A vivid and distinct look that consumers loved, and the firm of Curt Teich flourished. The images were usually composed of hand-drawn letters and heavily retouched photographs that became almost painterly through the multiple design and production stages. Large-letter linen postcards usually had divided backs and a bit of information about the location for souvenir collectors. The basic design of
35-530: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Large-letter postcard Large-letter postcards were a style of postcards popular in North America in the first half of the 20th century, especially the 1930s through the 1950s. The cards are so-called because the name of a tourist destination was printed in three-dimensional block letters, each of which were inset with images of local landmarks. Sometimes called big-letter postcards , many featured
42-576: The others were Annie, Rose, Caroline, Samuel, Rudolph and Fred. Morris and Dora were emigrants of Jewish ancestry from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Louis was born Leopold Tichnor; Louis' obituary said the firm was established in 1897. Harry Tichnor died of a burst appendix in 1911. Louis died at age 95 after a long illness; he was survived by his brother Samuel (among others). The name is sometimes spelled Ticknor or Teichner in early records. This United States corporation or company article
49-591: The stock phrase "Greetings from..." which was derived from cards in Germany that read Gruss Aus . The original postcards were "printed on linen-textured paper with a high rag content, allowing absorption of dyes from high-speed German lithographic presses," thus large-letter postcards are usually a subtype of linen postcards , although the basic design existed earlier. The postcards produced by Curt Teich (rhymes with "like") and competitors were "distinctly American, rendered in an opulent style." The "gaudy dyes" created
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