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It may be hard to believe, but there actually was a time when the postcard image was not a cliche. To reach it, you'll have to set your clock back to the end of the nineteenth century, when an Act of Congress allowed Americans to mail a card for just one cent. A few years later, Kodak introduced an easy-to-use and affordable folding camera that put postcard power into the hands of ordinary citizens, setting off a craze. Real Photo Postcards is a collection of the most outlandish and idiosyncratic, beautiful and even occasionally bizarre images of this early postcard period.
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P� Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)�75L PMS �42 C
p r i n c e t o n a r c h i t e c t u r a l p r e s s
n e w y o r k
R e A l Ph OtO P O S t C A R d S
U n b e l i e v a b l e i m a g e sf r o m t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f
H a r v e y T U l c e n s k y
E d i t E d b y L a E t i t i a w o L f f E s s a y b y t o d d a L d E n
P4 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)�75L PMS �42 C
a n d w E L i v E d w h E r E d u s k h a d M E a n i n g
b y t o d d a L d E n
P a r a d i n g
a t w o r k
r o m a n c e
n i g h t & d a y
P o r t r a i t s
m o t i o n & m a c h i n e s
g e o m e t r i e s
c a t c h & k i l l
h a r v e s t
U n c a n n y
m a i n s t r e e t
a m U s e m e n t s
d i s a s t e r s
h o m e s w e e t h o m e
i n t E r v i E w w i t h h a r v E y t u L c E n s k y
b y L a E t i t i a w o L f f
a c k n o w L E d g M E n t s
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t o M a r j o r i E w a r d
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Published by
Princeton Architectural Press
37 East Seventh Street
New York, New York 10003
For a free catalog of books, call 1.800.722.6657.
Visit our web site at www.papress.com.
© 2005 Harvey Tulcensky and Laetitia Wolff
“And We Lived Where Dusk Had Meaning”
© 2005 Todd Alden
All rights reserved
Printed and bound in China
09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 First edition
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in
any manner without written permission from the
publisher, except in the context of reviews.
Every reasonable attempt has been made to identify
owners of copyright. Errors or omissions will be
corrected in subsequent editions.
[Frontispiece]
Collector’s note: A Del Norte Redwood
Editing: Jennifer Thompson
Design: Paul G. Wagner
Special thanks to: Nettie Aljian, Dorothy Ball,
Nicola Bednarek, Janet Behning, Megan Carey,
Penny (Yuen Pik) Chu, Russell Fernandez, Jan Haux,
Clare Jacobson, John King, Mark Lamster,
Nancy Eklund Later, Katharine Myers, Lauren Nelson,
Jane Sheinman, Scott Tennent, Joseph Weston,
and Deb Wood of Princeton Architectural Press
—Kevin C. Lippert, publisher
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Real photo postcards : unbelievable images from the
collection of Harvey Tulcensky / edited by Laetitia Wolff ;
essay by Todd Alden.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“Postmarked : Real Photo Postcards 1907-1927 from the
collection of Harvey Tulcensky at K.S. Art, in New York,
2004”—P. 204.
Includes interview with artist.
ISBN 1-56898-556-8 (alk. paper)
1. United States—Social life and customs—20th
century—Pictorial works. 2. Americana—Pictorial works.
3. Postcards—United States. 4. Tulcensky, Harvey—
Photograph collections. I. Tulcensky, Harvey. II. Wolff,
Laetitia. III. Alden, Todd. IV. K.S. Art (Gallery).
E169.R277 2005
973.91’022’2—dc22
2005047547
P5 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)�75L PMS �42 C
a n d w E L i v E d w h E r E d u s k h a d M E a n i n g
b y t o d d a L d E n
P a r a d i n g
a t w o r k
r o m a n c e
n i g h t & d a y
P o r t r a i t s
m o t i o n & m a c h i n e s
g e o m e t r i e s
c a t c h & k i l l
h a r v e s t
U n c a n n y
m a i n s t r e e t
a m U s e m e n t s
d i s a s t e r s
h o m e s w e e t h o m e
i n t E r v i E w w i t h h a r v E y t u L c E n s k y
b y L a E t i t i a w o L f f
a c k n o w L E d g M E n t s
6
11
25
41
55
69
83
101
113
125
137
151
163
177
189
204
208
t o M a r j o r i E w a r d
w h o s E h o M E i n o w L i v E i n
Published by
Princeton Architectural Press
37 East Seventh Street
New York, New York 10003
For a free catalog of books, call 1.800.722.6657.
Visit our web site at www.papress.com.
© 2005 Harvey Tulcensky and Laetitia Wolff
“And We Lived Where Dusk Had Meaning”
© 2005 Todd Alden
All rights reserved
Printed and bound in China
09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 First edition
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in
any manner without written permission from the
publisher, except in the context of reviews.
Every reasonable attempt has been made to identify
owners of copyright. Errors or omissions will be
corrected in subsequent editions.
[Frontispiece]
Collector’s note: A Del Norte Redwood
Editing: Jennifer Thompson
Design: Paul G. Wagner
Special thanks to: Nettie Aljian, Dorothy Ball,
Nicola Bednarek, Janet Behning, Megan Carey,
Penny (Yuen Pik) Chu, Russell Fernandez, Jan Haux,
Clare Jacobson, John King, Mark Lamster,
Nancy Eklund Later, Katharine Myers, Lauren Nelson,
Jane Sheinman, Scott Tennent, Joseph Weston,
and Deb Wood of Princeton Architectural Press
—Kevin C. Lippert, publisher
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Real photo postcards : unbelievable images from the
collection of Harvey Tulcensky / edited by Laetitia Wolff ;
essay by Todd Alden.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“Postmarked : Real Photo Postcards 1907-1927 from the
collection of Harvey Tulcensky at K.S. Art, in New York,
2004”—P. 204.
Includes interview with artist.
ISBN 1-56898-556-8 (alk. paper)
1. United States—Social life and customs—20th
century—Pictorial works. 2. Americana—Pictorial works.
3. Postcards—United States. 4. Tulcensky, Harvey—
Photograph collections. I. Tulcensky, Harvey. II. Wolff,
Laetitia. III. Alden, Todd. IV. K.S. Art (Gallery).
E169.R277 2005
973.91’022’2—dc22
2005047547
P10 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
P11 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
Parading
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P12 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
collector’s note:
Notice double exposure
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P13 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
collector’s note:
Aerial view of human sculpture in the shape of a centurion of the “Word of God”
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P14 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
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P15 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
handwritten:
Dear Friends:—Hope you are well and it seems a long time since we saw you, so we might make a call some Sunday for a little while. Your Friend,C. L. Krause
M A S S .
ADAMS
AUG l7
I 2 M
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P16 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
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P17 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
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P18 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
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P19 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
stamped:
L. BArBAuD
PHotoGrAPHe
ArBoIS (Jura)translation of text on cart:
the old wine press of our fathers turned into a fiscal press. the vintners of Polignycollector’s note:
A taxation protest
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P20 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
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P21 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
stamped:
LIetuVoS reSPuBLIKA
* K. AIPeDA * K. BuDGINo
PreKYBoS
FIrMA
· BoruSSIA ·
D
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P22 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
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P23 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
typewritten:
Cathlamet, Wash. 7/21/11.Dear Friends. Did not have time to come up to see you on the fourth. Was up to tacoma for three days to see the folks. this card is a picture of the stadium in tacoma, it will seat seventy five thousand people. regards to all the folks.Algeo.
OR E G
R AI N I E
RJUL2 2PM1911
P24 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
P25 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
At W o r k
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P26 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
abovecollector’s note:
Butchers, Paris
overleaf Béziers, Hérault (France) August 21, 1904collector’s note:
Notice postcards in shop window
➸
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P27 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
handwritten:
Here is your illustrious cousin in his native lair. I did not know I owed you a letter, but will write anyway tonight. Can you imagine me working. Note my pet bird. George.
M O.
RID
GEWAY
SEP2 0I PM I 9 I 4
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P28 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
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P29 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
postmarked:
Orlean, NY Oct 9, 1911
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P30 Real Photo Postcards (RPS 05-5-58NT)175L PMS 142 C
handwritten:
Dear Boy. This is your father up on the ladder. How are you. We had a big fire here last night. Have not heard from Portland or Alice yet.With love,Papa
M A I N E
ROCKLAND
JUN I6
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