Keywords: postcard postcards elyria elyria, ohio elyriaohio ohio undivided back era undividedbackera postmarked used stamp handwriting rotograph co. rotographco 1905 1900s text writing document Description on front of card: The Falls, Elyria, O. Published by: The Rotograph Co., N. Y. City. (Germany) Used. Publisher Note: The Rotograph Co. of New York City was founded in 1904 by Germans Arthur Schwarz of Neue Photographische Gesellschaft (a major bromide photo paper manufacturer) and Ludwig Knackstedt of Knackstedt & Nather after taking over the National Art Views Co. Many of their early cards were reprints of black and white or handcolored National Art postcards and were printed without any letter prefixes. Some of these cards include the Sol Art Prints logo. This card appears to be in Style A, a view that was printed in sharply defined black and white collotype with their titles printed in a separate press run in letterset. Source: www.metropostcard.com/publishersr2.html Description on front of card: The Falls, Elyria, O. Published by: The Rotograph Co., N. Y. City. (Germany) Used. Publisher Note: The Rotograph Co. of New York City was founded in 1904 by Germans Arthur Schwarz of Neue Photographische Gesellschaft (a major bromide photo paper manufacturer) and Ludwig Knackstedt of Knackstedt & Nather after taking over the National Art Views Co. Many of their early cards were reprints of black and white or handcolored National Art postcards and were printed without any letter prefixes. Some of these cards include the Sol Art Prints logo. This card appears to be in Style A, a view that was printed in sharply defined black and white collotype with their titles printed in a separate press run in letterset. Source: www.metropostcard.com/publishersr2.html |