Object Details
Author
Curt Teich & Co
Subject
United States National Museum
Arts and Industries Building
National Collections
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
#4A-H2180. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Photo-Colorit" Post Card. Curt Otto Teich (1877-1974), a German immigrant, founded Curt Teich & Co., which was a postcard printing company that operated from 1898 to 1978. The company specialized in view and advertising postcards, and was the largest volume printer of this type in the world from the 1920s to the 1940s. C.T. Photo-Colorit was a printing process used by Curt Teich & Co.
This postcard is located in Accession #03-140, which is part of Record Unit 95.
For another version of this postcard, see Negatives SIA2013-06665 and SIA2013-06666.
Summary
Postcard of the original John Bull Engine which was exhibited at the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. The postcard shows the engine on a railroad track, against an orange background. The message side is blank, and the card has white edging.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder: 25
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1934
Standard number
SIA2013-07229 (front) and SIA2013-07230 (back)
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Postcard
Linen
Physical description
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Postcard
Steam locomotives
John Bull (Steam locomotive)
Trains
Locomotives
Museum exhibits
Exhibitions
Record ID
siris_sic_13803