Friday 23 January 2015

Large-Letter Postcards - part 3

These souvenir postcards were hugely popular in in the 1940s and 1950s in America. Companies like Curt Teich and Co. made cards representing every state and almost all the towns and cities (more than 10,000) in the country.


I have collected a digital archive of around 2000 Large Letter postcards, but won't be showing all those here. Instead I have chosen interesting examples from across the range of designs and locations represented.

For other examples see parts 1 and 2 also. This is part 3 of a 6 – part post on Large-Letter postcards:



Clearwater, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1947

Coral Gables, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1946

Coral Gables, Florida

Daytona Beach, Florida
Curt Teich & Co.

Deland, Florida
Curt Teich & Co.

Delmar, Delaware
Curt Teich & Co. 1939

Dover, Delaware

Florida

Florida

Florida

Florida

Florida

Florida

Florida

Florida
Curt Teich & Co.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1950

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1956

Fort Myers, Florida

Hollywood, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1950

Indian River Section, Florida
Curt Teich & Co.


Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1955

Jacksonville, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1935

Jacksonville, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1948

Jacksonville, Florida

Lake Wales, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1950

Lake Worth, Florida

Lakeland, Florida

Lakeland, Florida

Lakeland, Florida

Largo, Florida

Long Beach Resort, Panama City, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1942

Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida
Curt Teich & Co.

Miami Beach, Florida

Miami Beach, Florida

Miami, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Palm Beach, Florida

Palm Beach, Florida

Palm Beaches, Florida

Panama City, Florida


Parrot Jungle, Miami, Florida
Curt Teich & Co.

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Curt Teich & Co.1944

Sarasota, Florida

Sarasota, Florida

Sebring, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1946

Silver Springs, Florida

St. Augustine, Florida
Curt Teich & Co. 1948

St. Petersburg, Florida

Vallejo, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1943

Tuesday 20 January 2015

Large-Letter Postcards - part 2

These souvenir postcards were hugely popular in in the 1940s and 1950s in America. Companies like Curt Teich and Co. made cards representing every state and almost all the towns and cities (more than 10,000) in the country.


I have collected a digital archive of around 2000 Large Letter postcards, but won't be showing all those here. Instead I have chosen interesting examples from across the range of designs and locations represented.

For other examples see part 1 also. This is part 2 of a 6 – part post on Large-Letter postcards:



Bridgeport, Connecticut
Curt Teich & Co. 1943

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Colorado

Colorado
Curt Teich & Co.

Danbury Fair, Connecticut

Denver, Colorado
Curt Teich & Co.

Denver, Colorado

East Hartford, Connecticut

Fort Collins, Clorado
Curt Teich & Co.

Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Curt Teich & Co.

Greeley, Colorado
Curt Teich & Co.

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut
Curt Teich & Co. 1943

La Junta, Colorado
Curt Teich & Co.

Lake Tahoe, California
Curt Teich & Co.

Lompoc, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1942

Long Beach, California

Long Beach, California


Long Beach, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1937

Lookout Mountain, Colorado
Curt Teich & Co. 1937

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1936

Marysville, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1943

New London, Connecticut

New London, Connecticut

Norwich, Connecticut
Curt Teich & Co. 1944

Oakland, California

Oakland, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1943

Orange County, California

Pikes Peak Region, Colorado
Curt Teich & Co.

Pueblo, Colorado
Curt Teich & Co. 1939

Redwoods of California
Curt Teich & Co. 1939

Riverside, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1939

Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Sacramento, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1943

Sacramento, California

Salinas, California


San Bernardino, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1943

San Diego, California

San Diego, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1937

San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

San Jose, California

Santa Cruz County, California

Southern California

Tucson Arizona
Curt Teich & Co. 1938