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Welcome to Bobbie Skye’s Variety Shoppe!
Curator of Ephemera
ebay Seller Extraordinaire
Determining the value for vintage post cards is a subjective process.
As a deltiologist, I do my best to put a fair value on items at a bargain price!
I do careful research before listing an item in order to determine an honest price.
I determine the value of vintage post cards by
the age, the rarity, the condition, the publisher, and the interest of the postcard’s subject.
Take a trip down memory lane with the magic of a vintage picture postcard!
The postcard photos and images serve as a historical record of the past.
Evoking memories of time past and of how things used to be.
A truly historical look at our roots from a different time and age.
A vintage postcard is great for your scrap book
or
School projects!
Buy with confidence!
Money back guarantee if item is not as described!
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POSTCARDS FROM THE PAST 1960’s Photochrome Era Postcard Glossy Finish |
Michigan A great variety of fresh fruit and vegetables are sold here. |
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Print Year |
1960’s |
Era |
Photochrome Era (1939-ongoing) “Chrome” postcards began to dominate
the scene soon after the Union Oil Company placed them in its western service
stations in 1939. Mike Roberts
pioneered his “WESCO” cards soon after World War II. Three-dimensional postcards also appeared
in this era. By 1960s, the standard
size of cards had grown to 4 x 6 inches. Photochromes are not real photos but
rather, printed cards done by a photochrome process. To distinguish a printed postcard from a
real photo postcard, examine it under a magnifying glass and you will see the
dot pattern that is characteristic of printed cards. |
Printer |
Made by
Dexter Press, Inc. Thomas
Dexter Press (1934-1980) Printer
of a wide variety of postcards subjects as linens and photochromes. Thomas A.
Dexter (1899-1993) was the inventor of gang printing. The Company merged with
MWM Color Press in 1980 to become MWM Dexter, and they moved to Aurora, MO. While
all the photochromes printed by Dexter had the words Genuine Natural Color
they went through a variety of phases. Their early photochromes went under
the name Dextone and tended to be flat and somewhat dull in
appearance. As years went by their optical blending techniques improved
producing richer and more varied colors. |
Publisher |
Penrod
Studio Berrien
Center, Michigan John and Alice
Penrod, who operated a photography studio, became involved in creating
picture postcards in 1958. Shortly
after that, their postcards published by Penrod Studio could be found all
across southern Michigan and Indiana. Michigan's first pictorial guide book
was printed by Dexter Press and was the cooperative work of Penrod Studio,
Hiawatha Card Company and Hiawatha Card of Detroit. The three company
principals became friends and developed a wonderful camaraderie. |
Photographer |
Photo
by Penrod
Studio Berrien
Center, Michigan |
Size |
Standard Size: 5
½ X 3 ½ / 14cm X 8.9cm |
Printing
Technique |
Photochrome
1939- 4-Color Process printing Full-color
images are created on the printing press by applying separate layers of the
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black inks (CYMK). Photochrome cards were both more
realistic looking and less expensive. Thousands of colors can be reproduced
by overlapping these CMYK colors in various concentrations. Applied as tiny
dots on the paper the four CMYK colors combine to create the visual
effect we know as full color printing. |
CONDITION |
Unused /Unposted Corners and edges in very good condition. NO pinholes, tears, creases, smears, smudges, stains, or
mold. |
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I SHIP ALL Post cards, magazines, lithographs, cabinet portraits and posters
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Bobbie Skye
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