Collection: Photochrom Postcards
Photochrom postcards and prints were photographic negatives that were then transferred onto litho and chromographic printing plates, or literally stone blocks. The technique was invented in the 1880's by Hans Jakob Schmid. At a casual glance, Photochrom prints look like an ordinary (old) color photograph. In fact, they predate true color photography by decades, being much more like hand colorized photos. Each color in a final Photochrom required a separate lithographic stone. Each print had usually a minimum of six stones, and sometimes eleven or more! The photomechanical process allowed for brightly toned color prints to be mass produced for the first time. The collection craze for Photochrom travel postcards ended after World War One, though the process continued to be used for posters and reproduction art for years.
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Brusttuch, Goslar, Hartz, Germany
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General view, Toulouse, France
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Kairo, la Grande Pyramide
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Oberammergau, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Interior of St. Mark's, Venice, Italy
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Salona, "Little Venice", Dalmatia, Austro-Hungary
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Harstadhavn (i.e., Harstad harbor), Norway
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General view and mouth of the Seine, Havre, France
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Boscastle, view from New Road, Cornwall, England
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Town and beach from Capstone, Ilfracombe, England
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A mosque in the principal street, Kairwan, Tunisia
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Isola Borrome (i.e. Isole Borromee), Lake Maggiore, Italy
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Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, Cal.
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The Yare, Brammerton i.e., Bramerton, England
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Cliffs and beach, Clacton-on-Sea, England
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Jungfrau and Lutschine, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
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Maria Lake, Carniola, Austro-Hungary
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Oder River, with Cathedral Island, Breslau, Silesia, Germany (i.e., Wrocław, Poland)
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The wharf from the harbor, Tréport, France
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Pratigau, the Baths of Fideris, Grisons, Switzerland
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Engelberg Valley and Juchlipass, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
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Appleby Castle, Lake District, England
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The grotto of Notre Dame, Lourdes, Pyrenees, France
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Jungfrau and Staubbach, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
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