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Tichnor Brothers, Inc. was a Boston-based American graphic arts and printing company in operation from 1908 to 1987. Tichnor was one of the major producers of souvenir postcards of American cities in the 20th century, including
Flickr.com: Tichnor Brothers Collection at Boston Public Library
BPL Tichnor Brothers Collection via Digital Commonwealth
Companies based in Boston Postcard publishers American people of Austrian-Jewish descent {{US-company-stub
Tichnor Brothers, Inc. was a Boston-based American graphic arts and printing company in operation from 1908 to 1987. Tichnor was one of the major producers of souvenir postcards of American cities in the 20th century, including large-letter postcard
Large-letter postcards were a style of postcards popular in North America in the first half of the 20th century, especially the 1930s through the 1950s. The cards are so-called because the name of a tourist destination was printed in three-dimens ...
s from 1936 to 1952. Tichnor and Curt Teich
Curt Otto Teich (March 1877 – 1974) was an American Printer (publisher), publisher of German descent who produced popular color postcards, primarily of scenes from American life. He was a pioneer of the offset printing process. Under his manage ...
were rivals; in at least one case Curt Teich managers wanted to copy a view from a Tichnor postcard. The Tichnor Bros. archives, a valuable source for American architectural and cultural history, are held at Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848. The Boston Public Library is also Massachusetts' Library for the Commonwealth (formerly ''library of last recourse''), meaning all adult re ...
, which has also posted thousands of free-use images online at their Digital Commonwealth site and in Flickr
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albums.
The founding brothers were Harry N. Tichnor (July 7, 1877 – July 26, 1911) and Louis Tichnor (September 11, 1879 – November 6, 1974). Harry and Louis were two of Morris and Dora (Weiss) Tichnor's eight children; the others were Annie, Rose, Caroline, Samuel, Rudolph and Fred. Morris and Dora were emigrants of Jewish ancestry from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Harry N Tichnor, Source Citation, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; ''Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911'' Ancestry.com. ''Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915'' Louis was born Leopold Tichnor; Louis' obituary said the firm was established in 1897.The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts · Wednesday, November 06, 1974 p 73 Harry Tichnor died of a burst appendix in 1911. Louis died at age 95 after a long illness; he was survived by his brother Samuel (among others). The name is sometimes spelled Ticknor or Teichner in early records.
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*Curt Teich
Curt Otto Teich (March 1877 – 1974) was an American Printer (publisher), publisher of German descent who produced popular color postcards, primarily of scenes from American life. He was a pioneer of the offset printing process. Under his manage ...
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Flickr.com: Tichnor Brothers Collection at Boston Public Library
BPL Tichnor Brothers Collection via Digital Commonwealth
Companies based in Boston Postcard publishers American people of Austrian-Jewish descent {{US-company-stub