There are quite a number of old and not so old postcards around that show unusual colouring which was usually not wanted. Sometimes almost a bit cruel. But some publishers wanted it exceptionally! Here now a first ‘candidate” for this category.
The French firm “P.C.” from Paris appears to have wanted such colour shock effects. Really a pity that I have not found any information on this firm yet. Many of their photo cards show romance topics. An all-time seller.
Many bromide photo factories experimented with chemicals to give cards a different shade. Sepia (like PC Paris 1688) was widely used. – The blue shade one (PC Paris 1060) is already a bit more untypical. Both cards not p/u.
I think I looked about the same way like this young woman when I first came across PC Paris cards of the extreme colour type.
They did also quite normal cards (of good quality and exact hand or stencil-colouring!) like this card no. 2390. The hair cut/style already shows when this card was produced, c. mid 1920’s - early 1930’s. Not p/u with undated message in German language.
PC Paris no. 2948 is looking odd, in red on some silver grain coated surface. Scan does probably not show all the effect.
> PC Paris no. 1278. Mixing orange, blue and green colours surely gets attention. Badly cut card with Ste. Nicolas wording glued onto card, sort of steel-engraving imitation. Both cards with some handwriting but not p/u.
PC Paris no. 2640 (above) and no. 2642 > are in my opinion a colouring nightmare! They must had been drunk! However, cards like these did get attention when on display. Both again not p/u.
PC Paris was not the only to create these ‘psychedelic’ designs. This card shows a different logo: Leo, Paris, no. 1297. However, quality, make and design are identical. Is it the same source or firm? Any information appreciated.
