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Metadata
Object Name |
Postcard |
Title |
Postcard: Image of the Civic Center at Fair Park in Dallas |
Date |
ca 1939 |
Scope & Content |
Color linen postcard of an illustration of the Civic Center at Fair Park in Dallas. Reading clockwise, the front of the postcard reads: D-56, Civic Center at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas, Dallas Fine Arts Museum Building, The Aquarium Building, Museum of Natural History Building, 9A-H1537. Reading from left to right, the back of the postcard reads: Martin News Agency, Dallas, Texas. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. pat. off.) *** Lake County Discovery Museum's Guide to Dating Color Teich Postcards lists production numbers 9AH1 – 9AH2637 as being made in the year 1939. (see: https://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/researchguide-attachments/Teich_Postcard_Dating_Guide_2016.pdf) *** Collector's Weekly says that "Linen postcards were printed in the United States from the 1930s until the 1950s. Contrary to their descriptive name, linen postcards were not made out of linen, which is derived from flax, but they did have a high rag content, which means the paper contained a certain amount of cotton fiber. Instead, linen actually refers to the surface texture of the postcard—prior to the early 1930s, it was not economically feasible to print anything of quality on embossed papers. Two of the key traits of linen postcards are their saturated colors, recalling the Phostints produced by the Detroit Photographic Company in the early part of the century, and their soft focus, the result of the cards’ uneven surfaces. Many linen postcards also had white borders, a stylistic holdover from the postcards published after World War I and throughout the 1920s. And while many of the artists who were popular during the heyday of the artist-signed-postcards era at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries are not well represented in linen, most of the major postcard categories are, from comic postcards to scenics (also called "views") to travel and lodging cards, including the popular large-letter postcards. The foremost linen-postcard publisher was Curt Teich Co. of Chicago, which pioneered linen postcards and whose products have always been popular with collectors due to their meticulous numbering system..." (https://www.collectorsweekly.com/postcards/linen.) |
Search Terms |
Aquarium at Fair Park Civic Center Dallas Dallas Fine Arts Museum at Fair Park Fair Park Icon-Postcards Illustration Linen Postcard Period Museum of Natural History at Fair Park Postcard |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-16 |