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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 208413, member: 44"]According to the stamp box on the back of the school, the postcard was made by the CYKD Co. 1905-1906.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom row, 2nd column:</p><p><a href="http://www.playle.com/realphoto/photoc.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.playle.com/realphoto/photoc.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.playle.com/realphoto/photoc.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know anything about the CYKD co. It was probably a Getman printing company. Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, postcards were generally printed in Germany because their lithographic process was way ahead of the rest of the world. It wasn't until WWI that American postcards were switched to England and finally to the US.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scroll down to both sections</p><p><u>Undivided Back Era (1901-1907</u></p><p><u><u>Early Divided Back Era (1907-1914)</u></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><a href="http://www.thewebfooters.com/html/postcard_dating.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thewebfooters.com/html/postcard_dating.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thewebfooters.com/html/postcard_dating.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Not enough on the back of the woman's postcard for me to determine timeframe.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 208413, member: 44"]According to the stamp box on the back of the school, the postcard was made by the CYKD Co. 1905-1906. Bottom row, 2nd column: [URL]http://www.playle.com/realphoto/photoc.php[/URL] I don't know anything about the CYKD co. It was probably a Getman printing company. Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, postcards were generally printed in Germany because their lithographic process was way ahead of the rest of the world. It wasn't until WWI that American postcards were switched to England and finally to the US. Scroll down to both sections [U]Undivided Back Era (1901-1907 [U]Early Divided Back Era (1907-1914)[/U] [/U] [URL]http://www.thewebfooters.com/html/postcard_dating.html[/URL] Not enough on the back of the woman's postcard for me to determine timeframe. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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