Description: |
The collection consists of various accessions of postcards, souvenir photographs, postcard booklets, and novelties. The items are arranged by accession number; arrangement within each accession range varies.
958:0017:0001 -- North Lodge. St. Leonards-on-Sea. Gelatin silver print (postcard);
958:0017:0002 -- Hastings Castle, looking east. Shewing the Mound. Photolithograph (postcard);
958:0017:0003 -- Unidentified woman seated outside. Gelatin silver print (postcard);
958:0017:0004 -- Hannover. Steintor. Gelatin silver print (postcard);
958:0017:0005 -- Fountain Lake. Albertlea, Minnesota. Gelatin silver print (postcard);
958:0017:0006 -- Booklet of 16 postcards of Russia, circa 1970s;
958:0017:0007 -- Booklet of 16 postcards of Russia, circa 1970s;
958:0017:0008 -- Booklet of 20 postcards of Karlsruhe, Germany;
958:0017:0009 -- Booklet of 24 postcards of the Musee de l'Armee in Paris.
958:0105:0001 -- Souvenir postcard packet of Manitou, Colorado;
958:0105:0002 -- Souvenir postcard packet of San Antonio, Texas;
958:0105:0003 -- Souvenir postcard packet of U.S. National Army Cantonment, Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas.
958:0117:0001 -- Paris - La Basilique de Montmartre. Half-tone print (postcard);
958:0117:0002 -- Paris - Rue de la Barre à Montmartre. Half-tone print (postcard);
958:0117:0003 -- Cabaret du Néant - Paris - Montmartre - no.1, Salle d’Intoxication. Half-tone print (postcard);
958:0117:0004 -- Cabaret du Néant - Paris - Montmartre - no.3, Caveau des Trépassés, 1re phase. Half-tone print (postcard);
958:0117:0005 -- Cabaret du Néant - Paris - Montmartre - no.4, Caveau des Trépassés, 2e phase. Half-tone print (postcard).
978:0104:0001-0883 -- 865 postcards and loose prints sold as souvenirs, and 18 books of postcards. Nearly the entire collection depicts European art, architecture, cityscapes and landscapes. Many of the postcards document damage from World War I. Approximately 40 of the postcards are written and mailed, and date from 1904-1923, The postcards are a mix of gelatin silver prints, collotypes, photolithographs, and other photomechanical processes.
983:0076:0001-0020 -- Small packet of 20 b/w photographic views of New York City.
998:0040:0001-0011 -- Gelatin silver photographic postcards of various scenes and locales around Mexico, the bulk of which are of Teotihuacan.
998:0040:0001 -- Huastecos Bañándose, Tamazunchale, S.L.P.. Children atop a rock in a stream, San Luis Potosi, Mexico;
998:0040:0002 -- View of three men riding atop carts laden with wook, drawn by teams of oxen, Mexico;
998:0040:0003 -- Crowds at Teotihuacan, Mexico, watching a ceremony;
998:0040:0004 -- Crowds around a pyramid at Teotihuacan, Mexico, watching a ceremony;
998:0040:0005 -- Detail of the Temple of Quetzalcaotl, Teotihuacan, Mexico;
998:0040:0006 -- Detail of the Temple of Quetzalcaotl, Teotihuacan, Mexico;
998:0040:0007 -- Detail of the Temple of Quetzalcaotl, Teotihuacan, Mexico.;
998:0040:0008 -- Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico;
998:0040:0009 -- Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico;
998:0040:0010 -- Interior of a museum of Central American artifacts, possibly at Teotihuacan, Mexico;
998:0040:0011 -- Interior of a cave, with tables set up for a banquet.
998:0041:0001-0002 -- 2 b/w photomechanical postcards of an unidentified church and Chateau-Margaux.
999:0013:0001-0057 -- 56 postcards of Texas (largely of Austin), ad 1 postcard of Mankato, Minnesota.
2001:0052:0001-0035 -- 35 b/w photographic postcards of Mexico, most with printed-in titles. Subjects include the ruins of Teotihuacan and Chitzen Itza, and architecture and scenery around cities including Janitzio, Guanajuato and Patzcuaro. Production companies include Lumiere, Osuna, I. Gonzalez, M.M. Lopez, and Landa.
2015:0027:0001 -- Art Museum, Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1947. Offset lithograph.
[unaccessioned] -- 2 packets of Novelties: "Movie Pictures" and "The Animated Butterflies." |
