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From the Curt Teich Postcard Collection. Call number: 1BH2018</span> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="text-block"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="content-header content-header--primary"> <h2>What You Can Research</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="row justify-content-end"> <div class="col-12 col-md-6"> <p>In 2016, the Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection was transferred to the Newberry from the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda, Illinois. Totaling more than 500,000 unique postcard images, the collection is a treasure trove of 20th-century visual culture.</p> <div class="accordion accordion--secondary"> <div class="accordion-item"> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> <h4>Postcard Production and History</h4> <div class="button button--expand"> <span>Expand section</span> <svg class="icon icon--expand" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 26 26" style="enable-background: new 0 0 26 26;" xml:space="preserve"> <style type="text/css"> .st0{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#111A2A;} </style> <path class="st0" d="M12,14l-9-0.4v-1.1l9-0.4l0.4-9h1.1l0.4,9l9,0.4v1.1L14,14l-0.4,9h-1.1L12,14z"/> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-body"> <div class="text-block text-block-content"> <p>The Newberry holds postcards spanning the full spectrum of postcard history, from the early postal cards of the 19th century to 21st-century examples. The records of the Chicago-based Curt Teich Company include over 110,000 production files documenting the creation of the company鈥檚 postcards, along with other sales and administrative records. The Dexter Press Records include over 3,600 production files.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion accordion--secondary"> <div class="accordion-item"> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> <h4>Views of North American Places</h4> <div class="button button--expand"> <span>Expand section</span> <svg class="icon icon--expand" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 26 26" style="enable-background: new 0 0 26 26;" xml:space="preserve"> <style type="text/css"> .st0{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#111A2A;} </style> <path class="st0" d="M12,14l-9-0.4v-1.1l9-0.4l0.4-9h1.1l0.4,9l9,0.4v1.1L14,14l-0.4,9h-1.1L12,14z"/> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-body"> <div class="text-block text-block-content"> <p>The collection includes over 300,000 views of cities, towns, natural wonders, and other sites of interest in the US, as well as thousands of images of sites in Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, especially from 1900 to 1970. The midwestern US is especially well documented thanks to our collections of the Curt Teich Co., Detroit Publishing Co., and V. O. Hammon Co. postcards.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion accordion--secondary"> <div class="accordion-item"> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> <h4>International Views</h4> <div class="button button--expand"> <span>Expand section</span> <svg class="icon icon--expand" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 26 26" style="enable-background: new 0 0 26 26;" xml:space="preserve"> <style type="text/css"> .st0{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#111A2A;} </style> <path class="st0" d="M12,14l-9-0.4v-1.1l9-0.4l0.4-9h1.1l0.4,9l9,0.4v1.1L14,14l-0.4,9h-1.1L12,14z"/> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-body"> <div class="text-block text-block-content"> <p>Postcards are available from all seven continents. Particularly well represented are images of: </p><ul><li>The British Isles (Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Raphael Tuck & Sons Postcards)</li><li>Continental Europe from 1900 to 1940 (William O. Field Collection) </li><li>The World Wars (Fort Sheridan Collection, R. A. Luhman World War I Postcard Collection) </li><li>Central America (Curt Teich Co. Records, Michael Ehrmann Collection)</li><li>The Philippines (Evangelina E. Lewis Collection)</li></ul><ul></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion accordion--secondary"> <div class="accordion-item"> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> <h4>Postcards as Art</h4> <div class="button button--expand"> <span>Expand section</span> <svg class="icon icon--expand" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 26 26" style="enable-background: new 0 0 26 26;" xml:space="preserve"> <style type="text/css"> .st0{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#111A2A;} </style> <path class="st0" d="M12,14l-9-0.4v-1.1l9-0.4l0.4-9h1.1l0.4,9l9,0.4v1.1L14,14l-0.4,9h-1.1L12,14z"/> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-body"> <div class="text-block text-block-content"> <p>The development of postcards as a global visual art form is highlighted in a number of collections: </p><ul><li>Japanese Art Postcards of <em>Kokkei Shinbun Sha</em> magazine, 1907-09<br></li><li>John High Collection, which includes Art Nouveau postcards of Alphonse Mucha and other artists as well as a large collection of woven silks and Stevengraphs</li><li>Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Raphael Tuck & Sons Postcards, including thousands of "Oilettes" designed to appear as miniature oil paintings</li><li>John I. Monroe Collection of Artist-Signed Postcards</li><li>Julie Bynum MailArt Postcard Collection</li></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion accordion--secondary"> <div class="accordion-item"> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> <h4>Popular Culture</h4> <div class="button button--expand"> <span>Expand section</span> <svg class="icon icon--expand" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 26 26" style="enable-background: new 0 0 26 26;" xml:space="preserve"> <style type="text/css"> .st0{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#111A2A;} </style> <path class="st0" d="M12,14l-9-0.4v-1.1l9-0.4l0.4-9h1.1l0.4,9l9,0.4v1.1L14,14l-0.4,9h-1.1L12,14z"/> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-body"> <div class="text-block text-block-content"> <p>Rich documentation of popular culture is available across the collections, including humorous comic-art postcards and thousands of postcards for restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and other amusements. Specific topical collections focus on Route 66 tourist attractions, sports postcards, expositions and world's fairs, amusement parks, "tall-tale" postcards featuring exaggerated imagery, and African American short-wave radio DJ postcards.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion accordion--secondary"> <div class="accordion-item"> <button type="button" class="accordion-trigger"> <h4>Photography</h4> <div class="button button--expand"> <span>Expand section</span> <svg class="icon icon--expand" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 26 26" style="enable-background: new 0 0 26 26;" xml:space="preserve"> <style type="text/css"> .st0{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#111A2A;} </style> <path class="st0" d="M12,14l-9-0.4v-1.1l9-0.4l0.4-9h1.1l0.4,9l9,0.4v1.1L14,14l-0.4,9h-1.1L12,14z"/> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-body"> <div class="text-block text-block-content"> <p>A number of collections focus on or include rare "real-photo" postcards from the early 20th century, such as the Bryan L. 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Above this illustration of her are the words "Waverley Cycles." Below the image is handwritten text, likely a postcard message that a previous owner wrote." title="Waverley Cycles, Artist Alfonse Mucha" /> <figcaption class="image-caption"> <svg class="icon" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 26 26" style="enable-background: new 0 0 26 26;" xml:space="preserve"> <style type="text/css"> .st0{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#C9CBC4;} </style> <path class="st0" d="M7.5,20.5l11-6.3l0-10l-11,0L7.5,20.5z"/> </svg> <span>Waverley Cycles, Artist Alfonse Mucha. 1890/1899. From the John High Collection. 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