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Bigger German Postcard Printers in business before 1900

The list is not meant to be complete. All firms listed (in alphabetical order) either were contract printers for customers abroad and/or exported own cards with imprints in diff. languages. Some big in topo cards others specialised in greeting/subject cards, few did both. An asterisk (*) indicates that information on this firm was previously published in TPA. In case the issue in question is not in stock anymore, the article could probably be made available to interested persons. Names in blue colour = link to own page / more info / available article as pdf-file.

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Alphons Adolph, Passau *

AG für Kunstdruck, Dresden-Niedersedlitz

Georg Alpers jun., Hannover

F. Baerwolff, Greiswald

Selmar Bayer, Berlin *

Berliner Kunstdruck- u. Verlagsanstalt vorm. A. u. C. Kaufmann, Berlin *

Berliner Phototyp. Institut (Rob. Prager), Berlin *

J.C. Berke & Co., Frankfurt a.M.

H.G. Bestehorn, Aschersleben *

Gerh. Bluemlein & Co., Frankfurt*

Bruckmann, Munich

Heinr. & Aug. Bruening, Hanau a.M.

Bruno Buerger & Ottilie, Leipzig

Ed. Buettner & Co., Berlin *

Dietz’sche Hofbuchdruckerei, Coburg

B. Dondorf, Frankfurt

C. Aug. Droesse, Berlin

Erste Oberlausitzer Lichtdruck- u. Photograph. Kunstanstalt, Zittau

Erste Schlesische Lichtdruck- u. Graph. Kunstanstalt, Fabian & Co., Breslau *

Aug. Finkenrath Soehne, Barmen*

Finkenrath & Grasnick, Berlin (PFB) *

Frankfurter Lichtdruckanstalt Kumpf & Wiesbaden, Frankfurt *

August Frey, Frankfurt *

Ph. Frey & Co., Frankfurt *

Carl Garte, Leipzig *

Louis Glaser, Leipzig *

Greiner & Pfeifer, Stuttgart

Wilhelm Greve, Berlin *

Carl Otto Hayd, Munich*

Heymann & Schmidt, Berlin

Wilh. Hoffmann, Dresden

Franz Humar, Munich

Illert & Ewald, Gr.-Steinheim

Rob. Kathmann & Co., Leipzig *

Knackstedt & Naether, Hamburg *

Louis Koch, Halberstadt

Koch & Palm, Elberfeld *

Kretzschmar & Schatz, Meissen *

Kunstanstalt (vorm. G.W. Seitz) AG, Wandsbek *

Lautz & Isenbeck, Darmstadt *

Carl Leykum, Munich

Lith.-artist. Anstalt München (vorm. Gebr. Obpacher), Muenchen

Littauer & Boysen, Berlin *

Mehner & Maas, Leipzig

Meissner & Buch, Leipzig *

J.C. Metz, Frankfurt a.M.

H. Meyer, Halberstadt

J. Miesler, Berlin *

E. Nister, Nürnberg

Emil Pinkau & Co., Leipzig *

Paul Pittius, Berlin *

Regel & Krug, Leipzig *

Roemmler & Jonas, Dresden *

Adolf Rosenblatt, Frankfurt *

O. Schaefer & Scheibe, Berlin

Edgar Schmidt, Dresden *

E.A. Schwerdtfeger & Co., Berlin

Stengel & Co. / Stengel & Markert, Dresden *

Paul Süss AG (“Erika”), Dresden *

Karl O. Thomas, Berlin

H. Volk, Heilbronn

Th. Wendisch, Berlin

Weylandt & Bauchwitz, Berlin

Wezel & Naumann, Leipzig *

Wolfrum & Hauptmann, Nuernberg

Max Victor, Cologne

Zedler & Vogel, Darmstadt

Moritz Zobel, Dresden

Zoeke & Mittmeyer, Berlin

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Major German postcard printers of post-1900 years

Again not meant to be complete, only major companies mentioned (according to my actual knowledge). All companies listed (in aphabetical order) were big in ppc export. The firms from the pre-1900 list and still in business ARE NOT included again. Mentioned are new established firms and others that had been around earlier but had specialised on ppc production now. Topo- and/or greeting postcard printers.

Albrecht & Meister, Berlin *

Aristophot AG, Taucha *

Beger & Roeckel, Munich*

E. Baensch jun., Magdeburg

Boch & Kirsch, Frankfurt *

Max Breslauer, Leipzig *

Robert Claus, Dresden

Wilh. Danneberg, Dresden

Deubner & Scholze, Bautzen

Gebr. Deyhle & Wagner, Berlin *

Willfried Deyhle, Berlin *

Theodor Eismann, Leipzig *

Paul Fink, Berlin *

Förster & Borries, Zwickau

Adolf Forker, Leipzig

Glass & Tuscher, Leipzig *

M. Glueckstadt & Muenden, Hamburg*

Graphia GmbH, Munich*

Graphische Gesellschaft, Berlin

Graphische Werke, Dresden

W. Hagelberg AG, Berlin

Hermann Hadorff & Co., Berlin *

Gebr. Isenbeck, Wiesbaden

Junghanss & Koritzer, Meiningen *

Knackstedt & Co., Hamburg*

Krille & Martin, Dresden

Kunstanstalt Voremberg, Berlin *

Kunst- und Lichtdruckwerk Paul Richter, Magdeburg

Leipziger Ansichtskartenfabrik Paul Trabert, Leipzig *

Bernhard Lengner, Leipzig

Hermann Ludewig, Leipzig

Peter Luhn, Barmen *

Magdeburger Lichtdruckanstalt Richard Kraemer, Magdeburg

Markert & Sohn, Dresden *

Meisenbach, Riffarth & Co., Berlin-Schoeneberg

Nenke & Ostermaier, Dresden *

Neue Photographische Gesellschaft (NPG), Berlin

Albert Oesterreicher, Leipzig

Osnabruecker Papierwarenfabrik, Berlin (OPF) *

J.C.F. Pickenhahn, Chemnitz

Rotophot, Berlin

C.G. Roeder, Leipzig *

A. Sala, Berlin*

Schaar & Dathe, Trier *

Rudolph Schade, Bonn

Martin Schlesinger, Berlin *

Otto Schloss, Berlin *

Bruno Scholz, Strassburg

H.A.J. Schultz, Hamburg *

Sinsel & Co., Leipzig *

Stern & Schiele, Berlin *

Thueringer Kunstanstalt, Coburg

Trau & Schwab, Dresden

Dr. Trenkler & Co., Leipzig *

Vereinigte Kunstanstalten AG, Kaufbeuren

Vereinigte Kunstdruckereien (Lautz-Isenbeck), Darmstadt

Hermann Wolff, Berlin *

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New Pages Logo

Several of the above listed postcard printing / publishing companies are introduced more detailed now on (linked) individual pages!

Those companies previously listed under the printer logo’s archives section are still found on the TPA Archives survey page, but are new linked.

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