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Rotopex is dedicated to the study and enjoyment of postcards produced by the Rotograph Postcard Company. Located in New York City, 684 Broadway, with offices at 215 Wabash Avenue in Chicago as well, this company published as many as 60,000 cards. Subjects ranged from scenic views of cities & towns to real photo portraits, to stylized greetings, to art reproductions, to comics.

Rotograph issued numerous cards which might be catalogued according to the usual topics: ships, trains, lighthouses, bridges, actors, large letters, and so on, but because of the sequential numbering and use of prefixes and suffixes, it is possible to think of accumulating a checklist of their work. Doing so will be one of the purposes of this page. It will provide a place for collectors and other interested parties to compare notes.

some HISTORY, and a new feature THEN & NOW;

a GALLERY of favorites (send scans!) [New: Patent Cards and COLORADO];

an ILLUSTRATED LIST of the types of Rotograph cards, including Excel files listing approx. 10,000 cards so far;

a page for ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND LINKS [Backs]; and

a trading post [send your wants].

In this way, the site may be a forum to exchange information about what we know or do not know, to correct each other, and to build on experience. In fact, I am emphasizing here, as I have done elsewhere, that this page represents the work of many hobbyists and researchers besides me. Keith Howard, for instance, is the person who found and purchased the example of Rotograph letterhead which is copied above. Thanks, Keith.

Send questions and comments to rotopex at rotograph dot org