1916 German postcard w/ three young children

Okay, I'll start.

(I'm afraid my comment on the guidelines thread may have deterred people, for which I apologize! )

I am hoping to find a new home for this charming postcard. I love the studio setting and that it looks like the children were enjoying themselves.




Here's what I know about it...

Postmarked Sept. 19, 1916, Bremen Germany
Sent to what looks like "Marta Lust" in Hastedt-Bremen
Has a German 7-1/2 (cent?) stamp
Publisher is "HB" or "BH" in a heart
Message is in German; I haven't tried translating it

The card was clearly created using a photograph and it has a matte surface, but I'm not sure it's a "real photo postcard" (RPPC). It wasn't printed using offset lithography... there are no dots... but there were other lithographic processes sometimes used in those days that didn't have dots.

The card has a bit of paper loss at the top of the image, a little soiling or ink in the bottom right area, and a small amount of edge and corner wear.

Postage + rigid envelope cost: $1.25

I love this image and hope someone else will, too! First come, first serve!

 

Hi Pat,
Count me in.
greg

 

It's yours, Greg!

Please send me a message with your address and it will be on its way...

 

Thank You!!!
sent you a message.
greg

 

You're very welcome!

This is fun... much, much more fun than selling on eBay! And I don't even have to put tracking on a small envelope! lol

 

Thanks, Book. I'm still smiling about someone wanting what I offered!

 

Pat, I have been told by postcard collectors in one of the Facebook groups that this type of card is indeed usually printed with a photographic process. I would not call them RPPCs because to me that indicates something different, the more casual and not really mass produced types. -- the reason I asked in the group on Facebook is that people, including myself, were showing postcards that were based on photos but printed with non-photographic processes. The name of the group is Vintage Photo Postcards, and I did not think that indicated they had to be printed with a photo process. But others did think they should be photos. And many of them are experts on printing and photo processes. They told me that the above type is a real photo, in most cases.

-- Too bad I didn't see your post first! But maybe next time.

 

Sorry, Fig... I know you like these kinds of images! I'm sure I'll offer similar things again.

My guess is cards like this were printed using the photochrom process, which was developed in Switzerland and used from the 1880s through the 1960s. With photochroms, the items were printed using lithographic plates, but the plates themselves were created using photographic negatives so it is a semi-photographic process. I think I may have talked about this once on the AB in reference either to other postcards or prints, not sure.

Yes, you're right about RPPCs being different. They're literally regular photographs that have been turned into postcards by adding the dividing line, etc., on the back. I don't know what quantity was usually produced of any given RPPC card.

 

Fig, it did last a whole 12 minutes! LOL LOL
I like this, I'm going to have to find something to give away!

 

I would LOVE to give some things away but first I need to get my truck fixed so I can get to the post office.What a FUN thread.

 

Hi Fig,
I put in the will that this postcard goes to you. I wanted it since I have a cousin Marta that lives in the suburbs of Bremen and the blonde girl on the end looks like my sister.
greg

 

Thank you, Greg. -- That was entirely unnecessary, but I appreciate it. (And I know you were kidding.)

 

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag

Happy Birthday (lit. hearty luckwish for Birthday)

 

LOL @ leaving the postcard to Fig!!!

Greg, do you really have a blonde cousin named "Marta" in the suburbs of Bremen? (My leg is ridiculously pullable sometimes, so I never know. )

 

Hi Pat,
My cousin Marta has curly black hair and she does live in Bremen. The blonde girl on the end looks like my siser when she was younger. lol
greg (hint if I am kidding I always use lol)
Pat please check your messages
greg

 

Greg, thanks for the hint!

 

Greg, since you didn't put lol in the above post about your will, can I assume that you ran to your attorney and changed your will at lightning speed?

Fig

 

Ah, I almost posted something like that, Fig!

Just think how the documentation will enhance the provenance for the card!

 

Hi Fig,
My estate is so small that I can made little changes without a lawyer.
greg.