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Glendalough County Wicklow 1940’s Divided Back PC by Valentine “Sepia Type” USED
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The postcard photos and images serve as a
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Vintage
1940’s Divided Back Era
Postcard
Valentines
Sepia Type
FEATURES:
Glendalough, County Wicklow
Glendalough is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin.
DETAILS:
Size:
Standard 5 ½ x 3 ½ (14cm x 9cm)
Print Date:
1940’s (age determined by the stamp on the postcard)
Era:
Divided Back
Postcard by
: Valentines “Sepia Type”
SEPIA TONING
Put simply, sepia is a form of photographic print toning – a tone added to a black and white photograph in the darkroom to “warm” up the tones.
CONDITION:
POOR
USED – postmarked and hand-written message.
Corners and edges severely worn.
Right side upper & lower corners are torn off.
Stain on front side upper left.
NO creases, mold, or pinholes.
Postcard Made by
Valentine’s Co. Ltd. (Valentine & Sons) 1825-1963
Dundee, Scotland and London, England
A major Publisher of views. The Valentine Company, a lithographic printing firm, was founded in 1825 in Dundee, Scotland by John Valentine. His son James became an early pioneer of photography and by the 1860’s his work was being reproduced by the Valentine Company as prints and stereo-views. After James’ death in 1879 his two sons, George Dobson and William Dobson took over the Company, but in 1884 George moved to New Zealand where he became a landscape photographer. In 1880 Valentine began producing Christmas cards and by 1896 they began printing postcards. Up until 1882 they had only published views of Scotland, but they began expanding into other tourist markets especially after their postcard business took off. Other offices opened in Jamaica, Medeira, Norway, Tangier, Canada, and New York.
POSTCARD Era
Divided Back
Golden Age
of Postcards
(March 1, 1907 to 1915)
Postcards with a divided back were finally permitted on March 1, 1907. The address had to be written on the right side of the back of the postcard while the left side was reserved for writing messages. Postcards from this period are most collectible when they do not have writing on their fronts. At this time in American history the postcard hobby became a public addiction. Publishers printed millions of cards in this era. Most postcards were printed in Germany, the world leader in lithographic processes. At the height of the country wide mania, WWI caused a crash in the hobby. The advent of WWI caused the supply of postcards from Germany to end. Poorer quality postcards came from English and U.S. publishers. The lowered quality of the printed postcard, recurrent influenza epidemics, and WWI war shortages killed the American postcard hobby. During the war years the telephone replaced the postcard as a fast, reliable means to keep in touch.
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