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I really hate to do
this, but for now at least, it seems advisable to create a catchall
drawer. Cards without a letter prefix or a number series will go
here. Faulkner mentions two such groups, without
sorting them according to prefix: Disaster--The San Francisco Earthquake
series--and Hotel and Restaurant cards which appear without numbers. Some
do have a number but clearly don't belong with the number-only views
group. This part of the site will thus harbor such odd items & series until I hear
from some of you and have a better rationale for listing them elsewhere.
1. Early sales cards, some made with the NAV plates (note font style). No prefix or number appears, but the company name appears on the back. This unidentified cathedral scene (Amsterdam? France?) identifies the card as company Style C -- "Chromo." This card would have been carried in a salesman's sample book, or sent out as advertisement.
Front
Link here to "History" page and see hotel card below for other examples. 2. Patented Fold-out Series. These bear a series # and could be listed with the #-only views, but they are physically distinct. They feature a thick cardboard frame on which is mounted a postcard-size view; part of this view is held in place by a clasp. This section may be opened like a book cover to reveal ten or twelve views of the city or location represented by the cover. All bear the US patent # 806631.
56995,
Tucson, AZ
3. Globe Trotter Series. These cards resemble the 'E' series, printed on flat paper and lacking the high definition color lithography of the 'G' cards. They depict scenes from international locations. Some samples bear set and subseries numbers, as does 14/4, below. They are identified as Rotograph cards by name and New York location, only; there is no company logo. Thanks, Finda.
4. Elks Commemorative Series. This is a late production, dated 1907, and looking very much like the even later Gassaway and Carr comic cards. All are signed by artist David von der Smith. All show images of one or more elks, a clock at 11:00, and the words "Philadelphia 1907," though not all have the BPOE insignium. Flat, stiff paper with high quality color cartoon-style printing, the series does have sequence numbers which suggest that the group is probably not large.
5. San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Series. Unnumbered cards on a flat paper with lurid smoky colors. Identification of scenes OF of cards and a brief newspaper description OB.
Fire at Clay & Dupont
Streets, San Francisco
6. Banks. Quality lithographs, like the best 'A' series cards.
7. New England, Boston and Maine Lithographic Views. Marked only by the name of their series, these b&w views are printed on flat, coarse paper.
8. "Winter Series" and "Marine Series" cards. These resemble several other types of cards, but offer no specific view information nor a series number. They are highly typical or even stereotypical views, not particularly good camera or lithographic work. 9. "Bookmark" series. Recognizable by their 2 5/8 x 6? narrow shape. Most I have seen are "Dutch" or "Holland" sepia views: beachfronts, windmills, etc. But see the Niagara Falls scan, below. They should perhaps be listed as a category, but most have no series numbers for organization. Occasionally they do.
Horiz.
10. Realphoto portraits: presidents and perhaps others.
W. H. Taft
11. Hotel Real Photos. Resemble B realphoto views, but lack that designation. Some of these appear to have been advertising cards with an offer for free samples of the company's work printed on the reverse. The one below was mailed to the Manager of Sunset Hall, Asbury Park, NJ.
12. Realphoto art. Perhaps it has been trimmed, but I can find no series # on this card which otherwise resembles many 'B' cards. But the 'B' art cards seem reserved for classical art.
"The Hunter's Tale" db/circus banner
13. Realphoto Novelty. These include the calendar type, below, and the novelty clay pipe card, possibly a St. Patrick's Day greeting. Like the realphoto art, they could be part of a 'B' series, except some lack of any identifying prefix.
1908
14. Comics. Many of the comics, such as those drawn by Gassaway in the FL group, can be arranged & classified. The following cartoon card has no such markings, except a notation "Set No. 4" and the artist's name, "Pirkis."
"We were
surprised"
15. Bears. Rose Clark drew a series of comical bears dressed in clothing. The cards have numbers but no prefix. Best guess would make them FL cards in a series from 307-318.
311 "The Groom"
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