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Company name: Regel & Krug

Address: Leipzig, Kohlgartenstr. 57 (1895, 1898), then moved to Leipzig-Reudnitz, Comeniusstr. 13-15 (1907)

In business from: Sept. 1, 1894 until 1931 / 1933

Printer: yes  Publisher: yes

Means of production / workforce:

2 letterpress, 8 lithographic presses, photographic printing by the mile (1907), collotype printing at the turn of the century. 260 workers (1913) – workforce dropped down to 90 people by the mid 1920’s

Trademark(s): illustrations show the two R&K loRKL_Erkal_Logogos mostly found on cards. RKL_Logo

 

 

”ERKAL” means “R” pronounced “ER”, “K” pronounced “KA” and the “L” stood for “Leipzig”. Occasionally found interpretation of company initials.

Specialised in: “postcards with views” (description from 1895-1898 times, meant are typical chromolitho ‘Greetings from’ type cards, not illustrated here); real photo cards, colouring and gelatine finishing works

Notes: Big ppc manufacturer (topo as well as subject cards), establ. by Friedrich Louis Georg Regel and Sylvester Richard Krug. By 1907 R&K had moved into own 4-story building at Comeniustr. From c. 1921 run by Syl. Rich. Krug alone. Started off as typical chromolitho printers, used collotype process for some time, then concentrated on “Autochrom” process (own process “Heliochrome”) and added photographic printing. Many real photo series and as research has proved now, there were not only plenty of common but also a number of better / interesting designs published (see below). The earlier topo card output was more and more replaced by greeting/subject cards. The company was temporary closed in Oct. 1931. Klimsch 1933 directory lists R&K again. Owners: Mrs. Lissi Krug and Mrs. Johanna Bruder together with 4 partners.

Illustrations (from top):

R.K.L. card no. 5425, chromolitho, embossed, sample “Passepartout” ppc (8 diff. designs)

R.K.L. card from city of Bruenn (no. 35), “Heliochrom” process, of pre-1905 origin

R.K.L. photo card no. 5, ser. 4383, p/u 1913

R.K.L. “ERKAL” series 325, card no. 6. Signed “Usabal”. P/u in Belgium in Dec. 1917.

R.K.L. series 1055. Coloured halftone, heavy glossy gelatine finish, embossed with additional gold overprint. Caption ‘Christosainviat’ (Easter?). Mailed from Austria to Romania in 1912.

R.K.L. series 2587, card no. 5. Coloured halftone (‘Autochrom’). Early WW1 patriotic series, the last words of a deadly wounded soldier. Fieldpost, p/u April 1915.

R. & K. L. / ERKAL

RKL_no5425
RKL_Bruenn
RKL_series4383
RKL_erkal_325
RKL_series1055
RKL_series2587
RKL_series5637

R.K.L. series 5637. Young woman posing with tennis racket. Card 1. Quality and accurately (hand) coloured photo card with border in golden ink. Not p/u.

RKL_series8838

R.K.L. series 8838. Interesting portrait with shadow study. Card design 5. “Bonne Anneé” stamped on picture side. P/u in Belgium in late 1921.

RKL_series4125

R.K.L. series 4415. Girl (barefoot) posing as shoestring seller (6 for 10 Pfennige) in the streets. Card 4. Good hand-colouring. P/u in 1910 in Germany.

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