Postcard of the Original John Bull Engine
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Object Details
- Author
- Curt Teich & Co
- Subject
- United States National Museum
- Arts and Industries Building
- National Collections
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- #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
- 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
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Postcard
- Steam locomotives
- John Bull (Steam locomotive)
- Trains
- Locomotives
- Museum exhibits
- Exhibitions
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13803
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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