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Major German postcard printers in business before 1900

This 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 concentrated more on 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 can be made available to interested persons. Name in blue colour = link to own page / more info / available article as pdf-file.

A. Adolph, Passau *

AG für Kunstdruck, Dresden-Niedersedlitz

Georg Alpers jun., Hannover

Selmar Bayer, Berlin *

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

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

H.G. Bestehorn, Aschersleben *

Gerh. Bluemlein & Co., Frankfurt*

F. Bruckmann AG, München

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 *

Finkenrath & Grasnick, Berlin (PFB) *

Frankfurter Lichtdruckanstalt Kumpf & Wiesbaden, Frankfurt *

August Frey, Frankfurt *

Ph. Frey & Co., Frankfurt *

Carl Garte, Leipzig *

Louis Glaser, Leipzig *

Wilhelm Greve, Berlin *

Heymann & Schmidt, Berlin

Wilh. Hoffmann, Dresden

Franz Humar, München

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 *

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

Littauer & Boysen, Berlin *

Mehner & Maas, Leipzig

Meissner & Buch, Leipzig *

J. Miesler, Berlin *

E. Nister, Nürnberg

Emil Pinkau, 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 *

H. Volk, Heilbronn

Th. Wendisch, Berlin

Weylandt & Bauchwitz, Berlin

Wezel & Naumann, Leipzig *

Wolfrum & Hauptmann, Nuernberg

Zedler & Vogel, Darmstadt

Moritz Zobel, Dresden

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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 in the meantime entered ppc production in a bigger way. Topo- and/or greeting postcard printers.

Albrecht & Meister, Berlin *

Aristophot AG, Taucha *

J.C. Berke & Co., Frankfurt *

Boch & Kirsch, Frankfurt *

Max Breslauer, Leipzig *

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 *

Graphia GmbH, München

Graphische Gesellschaft, Berlin

Graphische Werke, Dresden

W. Hagelberg AG, Berlin

Hermann Hadorff & Co., Berlin *

Junghanss & Koritzer, Meiningen *

Knackstedt & Co., Hamburg*

Krille & Martin, Dresden

Kunstanstalt Voremberg, Berlin *

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-Schöneberg

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

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

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