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652.01   Improving content on photographic techniques
Themes
652.02   Real photo postcards: Animals
652.03   Real photo postcards: African Americans
Exaggeration postcards
652.04   Exaggeration postcards
652.05   William H. Martin: Exaggeration photo postcards
652.06   Henry M. Beach: Exaggeration photo postcards
Bass-relief postcards
652.07   Bass-relief postcards (1900-1910)
Colour postcards
652.08   Color postcards of the battles at Verdun
This theme includes example sections and will be revised and added to as we proceed. Suggestions for additions, improvements and the correction of factual errors are always appreciated.
 
  
Information requests 
  
652.01   Process and product >  Improving content on photographic techniques 
  
We are seeking to expand the themes covering photographic techniques and processes. These sections will include:
  • Invention of the process
     
  • Any related patents
     
  • Trade literature
     
  • Contemporary advertisements and announcements of the innovation
     
  • A description of the process and its variants
     
  • Historical examples and details of where examples can be located in public collections
     
  • Contemporary examples by photographers using the exact process.
Conservation will not initially be included but may be in the future if required.
 
  
Themes 
  
652.02   Process and product >  Real photo postcards: Animals 
  
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   Nature Beauty and the Beast 
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652.03   Process and product >  Real photo postcards: African Americans 
  
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   Portrait Postcards African American 
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Exaggeration postcards 
  
652.04   Process and product >  Exaggeration postcards 
  
In the USA between 1905 and 1915 there was a popular craze for postcards that used photomontage to highlight the wonders of the American West. William H. 'Dad' Martin of Ottawa, Kansas became the most popular of these photographers because of his wit and the wide variety of the subjects he chose to include. In his fictional world farmers sit astride corn cobs the size of buses, drive cars laden with vast onions and potatoes to market and chase rabbits the size of cars. 
  
652.05   Process and product >  William H. Martin: Exaggeration photo postcards 
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William H. 'Dad' Martin of Ottawa, Kansas (USA) was the creator of a number of postcards that showed the most extreme aspects of mid-western life. By the use of photomontage he juxtaposed agricultural products, objects and people to amuse the consumer. 
  
652.06   Process and product >  Henry M. Beach: Exaggeration photo postcards 
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Bass-relief postcards 
  
652.07   Process and product >  Bass-relief postcards (1900-1910) 
  
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Colour postcards 
  
652.08   Process and product >  Color postcards of the battles at Verdun 
  
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The French publisher L'Edition Francaise Illustree (30 Rue de Provence, Paris) issued sets of color photographs of the battles at Verdun and the Marne. The set shown here is the Verdun series - 1916…1917, Les Champs de Bataille de Verdun!... Photographies directes en Couleurs
  

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General reading 
  
Chéroux, Clément & Eskildsen, Ute, 2008, The Stamp of Fantasy: The Visual Inventiveness of Photographic Postcards, (Steidl) isbn-10: 3865216080 isbn-13: 978-3865216083 [Δ
  
Arluke, Arnold & Bogdan, Robert, 2010, Beauty and the Beast: Human-Animal Relations as Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905-1935, (Syracuse University Press) isbn-13: 978-0815632452 [Δ
  
Blake, Jody & Lasansky, Jeannette, 1997, Rural Delivery: Real Photo Postcards from Central Pennsylvania, 1905-1935, (Union County, Pennsylvania: Union County Historical Society) [Δ
  
Bogdan, Robert & Weseloh, Todd, 2006, Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography, (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press) [Δ
  
Geary, Christraud M. & Webb, Virginia-Lee (eds.), 1998, Delivering Views: Distant Cultures in Early Postcards, (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press) isbn-10: 1560987596 isbn-13: 978-1560987598 [Δ
  
Morgan, Hal & Brown, Andreas, 1981, Prairie Fires and Paper Moons: The American Photographic Postcard, 1900–1920, (Boston: David R. Godine) [Δ
  
Sante, Luc, 2009, Folk Photography: The American Real-Photo Postcard 1905-1930, (Verse Chorus Press) isbn-10: 1891241559 isbn-13: 978-1891241550 [Δ
  
Vanderwood, Paul J & Samponaro, Frank, 1988, Border Fury: Picture Postcard of Mexico's Revolution and U.S. Preparedness, 1910-1917, (Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press) [Δ
  
Vaule, Rosamond, 2004, As We Were: American Photographic Postcards, 1905-1930, (Jaffrey, New Hampshire: Godine) [Δ
  
Wolff, Laetitia (ed.), 2005, Real Photo Postcards: Unbelievable Images from the Collection of Harvey Tulcensky, (New York: Princeton Architectural Press) [Δ
  
 
  
Readings on, or by, individual photographers 
  
Walker Evans 
  
Rosenheim, Jeff L., 2009, Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard, (Steidl & Partners) [Δ
  
Martin Parr 
  
Parr, Martin, 2001, Langweilige Postkarten: Boring Postcards Germany, (Phaidon Press Ltd) isbn-10: 0714840629 isbn-13: 978-0714840628 [Δ
  
Parr, Martin, 2004, Boring Postcards, (Phaidon Press Ltd) isbn-10: 0714843903 isbn-13: 978-0714843902 [Δ
  
Parr, Martin, 2004, Boring Postcards USA: Insights into American social, cultural and architectural values, (Phaidon Press Ltd) isbn-10: 0714843911 isbn-13: 978-0714843919 [Δ
  
 
  
If you feel this list is missing a significant book or article please let me know - Alan - alan@luminous-lint.com 
  

HomeContentsPhotographers > Photographers worth investigating

 
Nicolas Andriomenos  (1851-1929) • Eugène Atget  (1857-1927) • Henry M. Beach • T. Enami  (1859-1929) • Obder W. Heffer  (1860-1945) • Walter H. Horne  (1883-1921) • Georges Hugnet • William H. Martin • Marius Maure  (check) • Reutlinger • Léopold-Emile Reutlinger  (1863-1937) • Heinrich Ross  (1870-1957) • Walery  (1863-1935) • Woodbury & Page
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A wider gazeRelated topics 
  
Exaggeration photo postcards 
Photo postcards 
Real photo postcards 
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HomeContentsOnline exhibitions > Postcards

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ThumbnailBeauty and the Beast: Human-Animal Relations as Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905-1935 
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Released (October 15, 2010)
ThumbnailHenry M. Beach: Real photo postcards 
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Released (December 29, 2007)
ThumbnailJapanese Art Photography preserved on Postcards 
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Released (February 22, 2008)
ThumbnailPhoto Postcards: The People's Photography 
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Released (October 26, 2006)
ThumbnailPostcards with a message (1980-2000) 
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Released (September 17, 2010) These postcards are the copyright of different individuals and organisations and are shown here for educational purposes. Should any party with a legitimate claim wish to have an image removed please let me know.
ThumbnailReal Photo Postcards - Portraits: The Brian Smolens Collection 
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Released (September 4, 2008)
ThumbnailReal Photo Postcards: African Americans 
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Released (February 21, 2007)
ThumbnailRoss Verlag: Real Photo Postcard Portraits 
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Released (February 3, 2013)
 
  

HomeVisual indexes > Postcards

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ThumbnailLéopold-Emile Reutlinger: Postcards 
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ThumbnailBass-relief postcards (1900-1910) 
 
 
  
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