~ GALLERY OF FAVORITES ~

 

 A 148  Flatiron.jpg (111512 bytes)  Flatiron Building, New York B 1729  ChristmasB1729.jpg (278129 bytes)  An unusual card: to see why, go to the 'P' group
E 13737   Savannah.jpg (300537 bytes)  Forsyth Park Fountain, Savannah, GA G 3165  Battell.jpg (299879 bytes)  Battell Chapel, Yale
 62516   Belleville, KS.jpg (319351 bytes)    Hotel Republic, Bellville, KS  Misc.    Canada.jpg (150814 bytes)  Canada

                                                     

         New Gallery Scans: Souvenir Cards, Patent #806631

    As the miscellaneous page, item 2., shows, one group of Rotographs was a predecessor of modern day "souvenir" fold-outs.  These came with a large view on the face, say of the state capitol of Colorado, in Denver, but included a small window which locked shut or opened to reveal a series of related views.  The Denver card is especially prized because CO cards do not turn up as often as those from the populous East.  Another sample, sent in by a collector, shows how the New Orleans views folded out.  

  31011a   scan.jpg (470734 bytes)     

                    New Orleans souvenir closed  MVC-017S.JPG (32544 bytes)    and opened  MVC-018S.JPG (33493 bytes)  

 

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