Guide to Identifying Postcard Publishers

This is by no means a comprehensive list of postcard publishers. Many postcards have publisher information printed on the back of the card. However, many early postcards did not put the publishing information on the back. Identifying some of these publishers can be tricky because small things like print color, or slight adjustments in the text will result in different publishers. We will be continuing to add more publishers as we come across them. If you would like to send in any unique publishers you come across, please view our contact page to get in touch. Much of this information was sourced from The Postcard Lovers Catalog II by Frederick and Mary Megson c. 1992.

BAMFORTH & CO. PUBLISHERS c. 1916

STAR ART PUBLISHERS c. 1906

ROTOGRAPH COMPANY PUBLISHERS c. 1909

ROTOGRAPH COMPANY PUBLISHERS c. 1907

HULD PUBLISHER c. 1910

Black dot isn't present and font appears black.

BOSSELMAN PUBLISHERS c.1908

Dot is present, and font appears red brown.

KRAEMER ART PUBLISHERS, Souvenir Postcards

BLANCHARD PUBLISHERS c. 1907

No thin bar on the letter "T," and brown color.

W.S. DARLING PUBLISHERS, "INDIAN CURIO MAN"

TIECH OR KOEHLER OR LANGSDORF OR A & MB PUBLISHERS

INTERNATIONAL ART PUBLISHING CO.

Located in New York & Berlin. Printed in Germany.

TAMMEN PUBLISHERS OR WILLIAMSON-HAFFNER PUBLISHERS

Williamson Haffner Publishers were based in Denver, Colorado.

ART SOUVENIR

Brown color, dash between Post and Card present as well as a period at the end.

KROPP PUBLISHERS

Based in Portland, Oregon. Logo with "K" is present.

THE METROPOLITAN NEWS CO. PUBLISHERS c. 1908

Black font. Based in Boston, MA.

THE LEIGHTON & VALENTINE CO. PUBLISHERS c. 1912

Logo present.

FRANK W SWALLOW POSTCARD CO. c. 1925

Logo present.

LITHO-CHROME PUBLISHERS

Logo present.

KNOX, WOOLWORTH & KRESS PUBLISHERS c. 1915

"W" logo present in bottom left hand corner for Woolworth.