This site is to help identify the publisher from the logo, for European postcards dating before 1939, concentrating on publishers which were not exclusively producing topographic postcards (views). For each publisher example cards are shown, normally both sides scanned at 300 dpi. Logos of publishers not yet identified are also shown, I'm afraid there are a lot of these.
The site was created to be an aid in identifying publishers, but the collector's instinct has led to me adding cards even when they show the full name.
Inconsistencies: Names are in alphabetic order but somtimes using the leading initial and sometimes the surname. With monograms it is pot luck. Places names can be the English or original version.
Thanks are due to the various online sources of information, as credited, and to Jean Ritsema for
large contributions of images and sources of information.
Comments and corrections welcome at schofielddavidnugget@gmail.com - this is a changed address from previous.
David Schofield
- look for the publisher knowing the logo
- look for details and examples knowing the name of the publisher
- Artists/illustrators of pre-war European publishers. This is a related web site, go to topics, illustrators.
- Photographers of pre-war European publishers. This is a related web site, go to topics, photographers.
- See all the images here. This is useful if you saw something here and can't find it again.
There are many more images of postcards of this type and period, and links to related sites, in the sites below:
- cards of 12 major German publishers
- a wider-ranging collection arranged by topic