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Company name: Koch & Palm
Address: Neuenteicherstr. 23, Elberfeld (1898) – Hagenauerstr. 32, Elberfeld (1913)
In business from: 1849/ more likely from 1895 – c. 1919 ?
Printer: yes Publisher: yes
Means of production / workforce:
1 letterpress and 9 litho flatbed presses plus other machinery, 200 workers in 1913
Trademark(s):
see illustration
Specialised in:
chromolitho printer / deluxe paper manufacturer with typical for this trade products: artist/greeting cards, calendars, commercial printing
Notes: Pre-1900 reference books list establishing date of company as Oct. 1, 1849, probably an older firm taking over by Fritz Koch and Dr. phil. Johannes Palm, owners since Jan. 1, 1896. Later sources list the year 1895 (?) and Fritz Koch as sole owner. Not yet clear how long Kopal stayed in business. Not listed anymore in post-1919 address books. – Some cards with Kopal logo on were printed by combined collotype/litho process. Kopal is said to had been much involved in export printing.
Illustrations (from top):
Kopal card no. 251, not signed, chromolitho, not p/u, of pre-1905 date.
Kopal card no. 827, photo printed by collotype process and superimposed with litho colours and lacque finish. P/u 1907.
Kopal card no. 1441, New Years greeting, chromolitho, embossed, p/u 1913.
Kopal series 230. Chromolitho. For international distribution (Carte Postale). Not signed. P/u 1902 in Bavaria.
Kopal card. no. 250. Rural idyll. Excellent chromolitho. Not signed. Again for international distribution. Postmark illegible, undivided back = pre-1905 origin.
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