APPENDIX I: PRINTER AND PUBLISHER CODES AND ADDRESSES
This list defines the publisher codes Brightbill used in cataloguing the collection. It is ordered alphabetically; anchored links have been added for your convenience.
A&S | ? | APC | Art Postcard Company, Philadelphia | |
AARC | American Art Reproduction Co., Red Bank, NJ | APCC | Artvue Post Card Company, New York | |
AAS | Art Advertising Service, Philadelphia | APMC | American Pearl Manufacturing Company, Phildelphia and NY | |
AAW | American Art Works, West Haven, Connecticut | APP | Acme Press, Philadelphia | |
AC | Albertype Company, Brooklyn | AQS | ||
ACBC | A. C. Bosselman and Company, New York | ARPCC | Architectural Post Card Company, Philadelphia | |
ACC | Art Color Company, Philadelphia | ASI | Arthur Strauss, Inc., New York | |
ACME | Acme Press | ASP | A. Schneider, Philadelphia | |
ACT | Arthur Capper, Topeka, Kansas | ASPC | Acme Sales Promotion Company, Philadelphia | |
AHAPC | American Historical Art Publishing Company, New York | ATFC | A.T.F. Company, Chicago | |
ALB | Albertype Company, Brooklyn | AVI | American Views, Inc., New York | |
ALC | Alpine Company, Philadelphia | AMSVC | Arcade Machine and Supply Company, Philadelphia | |
AMES | Ames Studio, Roxborough, Philadelphia, PA | ANCC | Acme Novelty and Calendar Company, New York | |
AMG | A. M. Godshall, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia |
BACC | Busse Art Card Company, Philadelphia | BPP | Biddle Press, Philadelphia | |
BAPC | Brooklyn Art Publishing Company | BPPCC | Buffalo Paper and Post Card Company, Philadelphia | |
BECK | Beck Engraving/Gravure, Philadelphia | BSRC | B.S. Reynolds, Washington, DC | |
BMP | Bkruno Mann, Philadelphia | BUFF | Buffalo Aluminum Company | |
BPCC | Brody Post Card Company, Philadelphia | BWGD | B. Wallace Green, Druggist, Holmesburg, Philadelphia |
CB | Contole Brothers, Philadelphia | CH | Continental Hotel, Philadelphia | |
CBP | Crumbie Brothers, Philadelpkhia | CHURCH | Churchman Company, New York | |
CC | Chilton Printing Company, Philadelphia | CNC | Central News Company, Philadelphia | |
CCA | C.C. Abel, Philadelphia | CNP | Continental Press, Philadelphia | |
CCGM | Curhan Company, Gloucester, Mass | CPB | Colourpicture, Boston, MA | |
CCNJ | Collotype Company, Elizabeth, NJ | CTC | Curt Teich and Company, Chicago | |
CCNY | Churchan Company, New York |
DBL | Davidson Brothers, London and New York | DPC | Detroit Photographic Company | |
DC | Dreer Company, Chilton Printing Company | DPCC | Douglass Post-Card (& Machine) Company, Philadelphia | |
DEX | Dexter Press, West Nyack, NY | DSDI | Descendents of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence | |
DORM | Dorm Publishing Company, 908 Walnut Street, Philadelphia |
E&DL | Edwards and Deutsch Litho Company, Chicago, IL | ENP | Charles H. Elliott Company, North Philadelphia | |
ECKC | E. C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee | ENPMA | Eastern National Park and Monument Association | |
EDGS | Engraving Divisiion, Geological Survey | ESC | Edward Stern and Company, Philadelphia | |
EFC | E. Frey and Company, New York | EXCEL | ||
EMP | E. Moebius Phototype, Camden, NJ |
FDS | Frankford Dispatch Newspaper, Philadelphia | FSAP | F. S. Avil, Philadelphia | |
FH | Franz Huld, New York | FVB | F. Von Bardeleben, New York & Germany |
G&S | G & S Polychrome, New York | GLT | George L. Thompson | |
GAP | GNF | G.N. Falkenstein | ||
GAW | George A. Wolf, Wilmington | GPS | Grogan Photo System, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
GCC | Gragor-Connery Company | GRB | Greenebaum Brothers | |
GEM | G. E. Mousley | GSHS | George S. Harris and Sons, New York | |
GHS | Germantown Historical Society, Philadelphia | GWH | George W. Hales, Philadelphia |
HACP | Historical Art Company, Philadelphia | HOMB | Haydon Ord Merrill, Bywood, Upper Darby, PA | |
HCUP | Houston Club, Philadelphia | HOME | Home Publishing Company, Philadelphia | |
HCLC | Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine | HOUSE | Household Post Card Club, Topeka, Kansas | |
HEB | Harry E. Boucher, Willow Grove Park | HPCC | Helios Post Card Company | |
HEHC | H.E. Houck and Company, Baltimore, Maryland | HPCS | Hales Post Card Shop, Philadelphia | |
HHBC | Horn and Hardart Baking Company, Philadelphia | HPPS | Hotel Philadelphian Print Shop, Philadelphia | |
HHC | Henry Heininger Company, New York | HSJ | H. S. Jacobs | |
HLW | Helen Louise Woerner, Philadelphia | HTW | H.T. White & Company, Philadelphia | |
HOLM | Holmes Press, Philadelphia | HWG | H. Wallace Green, Druggist, Holmesburg |
I&MO | I. & M. Ottenheimer, Baltimore, MD | IPCC | Illustrated Post Card Company | |
IAPC | International Art Publishing Company, New York & Berlin | IPCN | Ives Process Company, New York | |
ICNA | Insurance Company of North America | ISN | Independent Service, New York | |
ICPCC | Inter-Coll. Post Card Company, Philadelphia | ISPCC | Imprint-Souvenir Post Card Company, New York | |
IMP | Imperial (Made in Germany) |
JAB | J.A. Broatch, Middletown, CN | JHT | Joseph H. Tisdall, Philadelphia | |
JBA | John Bartram Association, Philadelphia | JKN | J. Koehler, New York | |
JBN | Julius Bandes, New York | JMC | J.M. Canfield, Publisher | |
JDC | John D. Cardinell, Official Publisher, Sesqui Centennial | JMJ | J. Murray Jordan, Philadelphia | |
JHA | J.H.Avil, Philadelphia | JMWP | J. McLaughlan, Woodside Park, Philadelphia |
KPCC | Keystone Post Card Company, Philadelphia |
L&B | Leeds & Biddle | LPN | Lumitone Photoprint, New York | |
LC | Lithochrome | LUTZ | Karl Lutz, Philadelphia | |
LHB | Lynn H. Boyer, Philadelphia and Wildwood | LVC | Leighton and Valentine Company, New York |
MCPC | Manhattan Card Publishing Company | MNC | Metropolitan News Company, Boston and Germany | |
MGC | Meriden Gravure Company, Meriden, Connecticut | MSP | Mercantile Studio, 4130 Haverford Avenue, Philadelphia | |
MLB | Maryland Litho, Baltimore, Maryland | MTP | MacTaggart Prints, Philadelphia | |
MLM | M. L. Metrochrome | MZE | Max Zeitler, Engraver, Philadelphia |
NAVC | National Art Views Company, New York | NPI | Nostalgia Productions, Inc, Philadelphia | |
NDSC | National Drug Stores Corporation | NRCC | ||
NEW | Newvochrome | NROP | Nora R. Ohl, Philadelphia | |
NPCC | National Post Card Company, Philadelphia |
OSB | O. S. Bunnell, Philadelphia | OSLN | Osborne Ltd, New York |
P&C | Philips & Company, Philadelphia | PMA | Philadelphia Museum of Art | |
PAA | Philadelphia Art Alliance | PMSI | Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia | |
PAC | Philadelphia Art Company, Philadelphia | POLY | Polychrome | |
PAFA | Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia | PPCC-1 | Philadelphia Postal Card Company, Philadelphia | |
PAPC | Photo and Art Publishing Company, Philadelphia | PPCC-2 | Philadelphia Postalcard Company, Philadelphia | |
PAPCC | Photo and Art Postal Card Company, New York | PPCC-3 | Philadelphia Post Card Company, 124 N. Ninth St., Philadelphia | |
PCA | Penny Concert Association, East Baptist Church,Philadelphia | PPS | Process Photo Studios, Chicago | |
PCBF | Plastic Club Building Fund, Philadelphia | PS-1 | P. Sander, Philadelphia and Atlantic City [PS in steeple] | |
PCDC | Post Card Distributing Company, Philadelphia | PS-2 | same [Sanders Art Series in liberty bell] | |
PCPA | Publishers Circulation Promotion Association,Pittsburg | PS-3 | same [eagle with shield] | |
PCUA | Post Card Union of America, Philadelphia | PS-4 | P. Sander, New York | |
PENN | Penn Art Post Card Company, Philadelphia | PSDW | Philadelphia School of Design for Women | |
PGP | P. Gritzmann, Philadelphia | PSFS | Philadelphia Saving Fund Society | |
PHM | Philip H. Moore, Germantown, Philadelphia/Media | PSN | P. Snyder | |
PHSG | Philadelphia High School for Girls | PSS | Pelham Stationery Store, 6646 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia | |
PL | Public Ledger | PTPCC | Photo-Type Post Card Company, Philadelphia |
QCPC | Quaker City Post Card Company, Philadelphia | QPS | Quaker Photo Service, Philadelphia |
RAS | Rau Art Studios, Inc., Philadelphia | RNS | R. Newell and Son | |
RBC | Riter Bros & Company, Philadelphia | ROC | Rosin and Company, Philadelphia | |
RC | Rotograph Company, New York | RPC | Royal Publishing Company, 530 Locust St., Philadelphia | |
RESC | Remington Supply Company | RSC | Rose Company, Philadelphia | |
RJH | R.J. Haig, Philadelphia/White City/Chestnut Hill | RTS | Raphael Tuck and Sons, London | |
RMM | Ruth Murray Miller, Philadelphia | RUT | Rutkovski, 823 So. 2nd Street, Philadelphia |
S&C | Strawbridge & Clothier, Philadelphia | SPCC | Souvenir Post Card Company, New York | |
SBP | Staton Brothers Publishers, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA | SPNC | Standard Post Card and Novelty Company, Philadelphia | |
SCB | Steelograph Company, Brooklyn, New York | SPRING | Springfield Water Supply Company, Philadelphia | |
SHC | Sabold-Herb Co., Philadelphia | SPS | Sliker Photo Studio, Bridesburg, PA | |
SHFC | Samuel H. French and Company | SQ | Silbro Quality | |
SMC | Saltzburg's Merchandise Company, 53 N. Third St., Philadelphia | SS | Sun Studio | |
SMP | Stephen Moylan Press, Whitford, Pa. | STA | Standard Photo Service, Philadelphia | |
SPA | "Seeing Philadelphia" Automobiles, Keith Theatre, Philadelphia | STEIN | Stein Photo | |
SPC | Souvenir Publishing Company, Lynn, MA |
TAC | Taylor Art Company, Philadelphia | TQV | Tichnor Quality Views | |
TC | Tachochrom Compnay, Berlin, NY, Philadelphia |
UAPC | United Art Publishing Company | UPCC | Union Post Card Company, Philadelphia | |
UMC | Ullman Manufacturing Company, New York | UQCC | Unique Post Card Company, Publisher and Importer | |
UNC | Union News Company, New York |
VS | Valentine and Sons, New York |
WBC | William B. Cooper, Photographer, Medford, NJ | WMH | William McK. Heath, Philadelphia | |
WGMF | W. G. MacFarlane | WNJ | William N. Jennings, 1305 Arch Street, Philadelphia | |
WHR | William H. Rau, Philadelphia | WPCC | World Post Card Company, Philadelphia | |
WHS | W.H.S. | WPHI | West Philadelphia Card Company | |
WLB | William L. Burlock, Jr., Philadelphia | WRG | William R. Gordon, Philadelphia | |
WMC | Wanamaker Mailing Card, 1861 - Golden Jubilee - 1911, Philadelphia | WWNY | Walter Wirth, New York | |
WMCC | Watling Mfg. Co., Chicago | WYF | W. Yarwood, Frankford, Philadelphia |
XRAY | X-Ray Studios, 200 N. 9th Street, 1216 N. 52nd Street, Philadelphia |
ZELL | Zellner Studio, 2914 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia | ZSP | Zoological Society of Philadelphia |
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