ORIG. REAL PHOTOGRAPH POSTCARD - KITTEN, ADIRONDACK CHAIR, 1905 - $25 (Jarvis Street & Front Street E., Toronto, Ontario)
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ORIGINAL REAL PHOTOGRAPH* POSTCARD, Mkd., 'WONT SOMEONE PLAY WITH ME', depicting ORANGE TABBY KITTEN on ADIRONDACK CHAIR, Mkd. on front, 'Copyright 1905 by The Rotograph Co. N.Y. City', 1905, 5" x 3", with some surface discolouration on upper background, red ink mark on bottom, & light edge crease near top of chair., . On verso / the back it's marked, 'The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City.', & Date Stamped 1906, Addressed to 'Mrs L. Schwabe, Newark N.J.' with original green Benjamin Franklin 1 cent St amp. The Rotograph Company based in the Mercantile Building, at 684 Broadway was active as publisher of postcards from 1904-1911. It was formed from the merger of the National Art Views Company (active 1902-1904), based in New York City, with the American branch of the Neue Photgraphische Gesellschaft Real Photo cards are made from Bromide paper which is a blue light sensitive photo paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide in gelatin, developed by J.W. Swan in 1878. Today it is rarely (Berlin, Germany), founded in 1894, which was the corporate parent. They were printed in Hamburg, Germany, by Stengel of Dresden, & by Knackstedt & Nather of Nancy, France. *Bromide ever used. Citation: MetroPostcard.com.
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