Friday, May 13, 2011

Valentine and Sons, New York and Boston


Some of the postcards in our collection were printed by Valentine and Sons of New York and Boston. Valentine & Sons Co. was in operation from 1907-1909 and had their offices at 58 West 15th Street, New York, New York.

Originally from Dundee, Scotland, where they produced many postcards of scenes in Great Britain, Valentine and Sons came to New York and later opened another branch in Boston, Massachusetts. They published view-cards depicting scenes throughout the country. While many of these cards were printed in the United States in their later years, they have the exact same distinct look of the tinted halftones that were printed in Great Britain. All cards are numbered and have a three digit prefix and a three digit suffix. In 1909 they merged with the Hugh C. Leighton Company of Portland, Maine to become Leighton and Valentine.

To see an example of a Valentine and Sons card search for the tag "Horne's Pond" without the quotes.

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