184:
88:
168:
204:
244:
224:
144:
Teich is best known for its "Greetings From" postcards with their big letters, vivid colors, and bold style. "Greetings From" postcards had originated in
Germany in the 1890s, and Teich successfully imported the style to the American market after a visit in 1904. Teich employed hundreds of traveling
183:
243:
223:
145:
salesmen, who sold picture postcards to domestic residences, and encouraged business to create advertising postcards; these salesmen also photographed the businesses and worked with the owners to create an idealized image.
167:
130:(modern-day Germany), and, following his family's traditional career as printers and publishers, worked as a printer's apprentice in Lobenstein. He immigrated to the United States in 1895, where he initially worked as a
156:. Altogether, the Newberry Library received approximately 2.5 million total items including near 500,000 postcard images. On April 3, 2017, the Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection was opened to researchers.
519:
203:
457:
87:
387:
287:
31:
504:
354:
452:
404:
394:
152:
in
Illinois which started the Curt Teich Postcard Archive. In 2016, it was announced that the archives would be transferred to the
355:
Teich
Archives Transferred to Newberry Library: The Newberry Library Acquires World-Famous Collection of 2.5 Million Postcards
469:
366:
499:
330:
149:
62:
443:
174:
514:
509:
99:
250:
131:
425:
416:
400:
190:
312:
429:
420:
268:
153:
367:
Greetings from the
Newberry Library: A world-class postcard collection opens to researchers
319:, vol. 4, edited by Jeffrey Fear. German Historical Institute. Last modified July 24, 2015.
473:
230:
107:
30:
493:
317:
Immigrant
Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present
148:
The company closed in 1978. The Teich family donated archives of the company to the
483:
466:
210:
127:
48:
103:
462:
Walter
Havighurst Special Collections in the Miami University Libraries
253:", Alton-Burlington first streamlined diesel powered train, circa 1937
114:
became the world's largest printer of view and advertising postcards.
396:
Postcard
America: Curt Teich and the Imaging of a Nation, 1931–1950
123:
106:, primarily of scenes from American life. He was a pioneer of the
44:
134:
in New York, a much lower position than he had held in
Germany.
434:
458:
Curt Teich postcards in the Bowden
Postcard Collection Online
137:
Teich moved to
Chicago, Illinois, and started his own firm—
520:
Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States
331:"Heavy Metal Madness: Greetings from Big Letters USA"
233:- William A. Otis, architect (1903, demolished 1969)
173:Curt Teich & Co's distinctive "Greetings From"
77:
69:
55:
37:
21:
91:Curt Teich & Company, Inc. factory in Chicago
444:Curt Teich Postcard Archives Digital Collection
292:Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
102:of German descent who produced popular color
8:
484:The Picture Postcard King - Curt Otto Teich
399:. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015.
29:
18:
16:American postcard manufacturer (1877–1974)
453:Curt Teich Company Postcard Dating Guide
86:
390:Minnesota History 54: 7 (1995): 304–15.
280:
163:
193:, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1915–1930
7:
435:Curt Teich Postcards in the NEW WEST
388:"Curt Teich Postcards of Minnesota."
307:
305:
303:
301:
299:
257:Curt Teich & Co. postcard 7A-H49
197:Curt Teich & Co. postcard 103504
98:(March 1877 – 1974) was an American
237:Curt Teich & Co. postcard 60274
110:process. Under his management, the
14:
242:
222:
202:
182:
166:
505:People from Deerfield, Illinois
439:The Wagener-Erganian Collection
1:
217:Curt Teich & Co. postcard
150:Lake County Discovery Museum
371:American Libraries Magazine
63:Indian Rocks Beach, Florida
536:
329:Gable, Gene (2004-04-08).
467:Curt Teich Co., 1898-1978
448:CARLI Digital Collections
28:
229:The Carnegie Library in
139:Curt Teich & Company
112:Curt Teich & Company
417:Curt Teich Co. records
288:The Curt Teich Company
189:The Great White Liner
92:
337:. PrintingForLess.com
177:layout and art style.
175:large-letter postcard
90:
486:, December 30, 2016.
213:, Texas, circa 1908
500:Postcard publishers
426:Teich Family papers
393:Meikle, Jeffrey L.
472:2019-08-21 at the
313:"Curt Otto Teich."
251:Ozark State Zephyr
141:—in January 1898.
122:Teich was born in
93:
478:Metropostcard.com
405:978-0-292-72661-1
386:Harris, Moira F.
373:, April 17, 2017.
85:
84:
527:
374:
365:Ronnie Wachter.
363:
357:
352:
346:
345:
343:
342:
326:
320:
309:
294:
285:
269:Tichnor Brothers
246:
226:
206:
191:"South American"
186:
170:
154:Newberry Library
33:
19:
535:
534:
530:
529:
528:
526:
525:
524:
490:
489:
474:Wayback Machine
413:
383:
381:Further reading
378:
377:
364:
360:
353:
349:
340:
338:
328:
327:
323:
310:
297:
286:
282:
277:
265:
258:
247:
238:
231:Blue Island, IL
227:
218:
207:
198:
187:
178:
171:
162:
132:printer's devil
120:
108:offset printing
96:Curt Otto Teich
65:
60:
51:
42:
24:
23:Curt Teich, Sr.
17:
12:
11:
5:
533:
531:
523:
522:
517:
512:
507:
502:
492:
491:
488:
487:
480:
464:
455:
450:
441:
432:
423:
412:
411:External links
409:
408:
407:
391:
382:
379:
376:
375:
358:
347:
321:
311:Lopes, Shana.
295:
279:
278:
276:
273:
272:
271:
264:
261:
260:
259:
248:
241:
239:
228:
221:
219:
209:Sunset Route,
208:
201:
199:
188:
181:
179:
172:
165:
161:
158:
119:
116:
83:
82:
79:
75:
74:
71:
67:
66:
61:
57:
53:
52:
43:
39:
35:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
532:
521:
518:
516:
513:
511:
508:
506:
503:
501:
498:
497:
495:
485:
481:
479:
475:
471:
468:
465:
463:
459:
456:
454:
451:
449:
445:
442:
440:
436:
433:
431:
427:
424:
422:
418:
415:
414:
410:
406:
402:
398:
397:
392:
389:
385:
384:
380:
372:
368:
362:
359:
356:
351:
348:
336:
332:
325:
322:
318:
314:
308:
306:
304:
302:
300:
296:
293:
289:
284:
281:
274:
270:
267:
266:
262:
256:
252:
245:
240:
236:
232:
225:
220:
216:
212:
205:
200:
196:
192:
185:
180:
176:
169:
164:
159:
157:
155:
151:
146:
142:
140:
135:
133:
129:
125:
117:
115:
113:
109:
105:
101:
97:
89:
80:
76:
72:
68:
64:
58:
54:
50:
46:
40:
36:
32:
27:
20:
477:
461:
447:
438:
430:The Newberry
421:The Newberry
395:
370:
361:
350:
339:. Retrieved
334:
324:
316:
291:
283:
254:
234:
214:
194:
147:
143:
138:
136:
121:
111:
95:
94:
515:1877 births
510:1974 deaths
482:Jim Craig.
335:CreativePro
211:Mile Canyon
70:Nationality
494:Categories
341:2009-07-29
275:References
78:Occupation
128:Thuringia
104:postcards
100:publisher
81:Publisher
49:Thuringia
470:Archived
263:See also
73:American
160:Gallery
403:
255:source
235:source
215:source
195:source
249:"The
124:Greiz
45:Greiz
401:ISBN
118:Life
59:1974
56:Died
41:1877
38:Born
428:at
419:at
315:In
496::
476:,
460:,
446:,
437:,
369:,
333:.
298:^
290:,
126:,
47:,
344:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
