Curt Teich
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Curt Teich was a printer
who immigrated to the United States from Lobenstein, Germany in 1896. Curt Teich & Company opened in January 1898 in Chicago
, Illinois
and closed in 1978. The Teich Company was the world's largest printer of view and advertising postcards. Teich is best known for its "Greetings From" postcards with their big letters, vivid colors, and bold style.
Curt and his wife Anna Niether Teich lived in Glenview, Illinois. They had five children — Curt Jr., Walter, Louise, Lawrence, and Ralph. Lawrence was killed in Bataan. Louise (Raymond Chmelik) had four children—Raymond (Mike), Susan-Ann, James and Christine. James Chmelik had 9 children - James Chmelik Jr., Melissa Chmelik, Joshua Chmelik,
Rebecca Chmelik, Sean (Lawrence) Chmelik, Tyler Chmelik, Collen Chmelik, Elizabeth Chmelik, and Cory Chmelik. Ralph donated the archives of the company to the Lake County Discovery Museum in Illinois, so they may continue to be used for research purposes.
From the start the Teich Company postcards were number
ed, at first with only numbers, as in:
Later series were identified with letter
s as well as numbers:
Printer (publisher)
In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses. With the invention of the moveable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, printing—and printers—proliferated throughout Europe.Today, printers are found...
who immigrated to the United States from Lobenstein, Germany in 1896. Curt Teich & Company opened in January 1898 in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and closed in 1978. The Teich Company was the world's largest printer of view and advertising postcards. Teich is best known for its "Greetings From" postcards with their big letters, vivid colors, and bold style.
Curt and his wife Anna Niether Teich lived in Glenview, Illinois. They had five children — Curt Jr., Walter, Louise, Lawrence, and Ralph. Lawrence was killed in Bataan. Louise (Raymond Chmelik) had four children—Raymond (Mike), Susan-Ann, James and Christine. James Chmelik had 9 children - James Chmelik Jr., Melissa Chmelik, Joshua Chmelik,
Rebecca Chmelik, Sean (Lawrence) Chmelik, Tyler Chmelik, Collen Chmelik, Elizabeth Chmelik, and Cory Chmelik. Ralph donated the archives of the company to the Lake County Discovery Museum in Illinois, so they may continue to be used for research purposes.
Number
A number is a mathematical object used to count and measure. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over the years to include such numbers as zero, negative numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, and complex numbers....
ed, at first with only numbers, as in:
- 1900-1908 : 1 - 14989
Later series were identified with letter
Letter (alphabet)
A letter is a grapheme in an alphabetic system of writing, such as the Greek alphabet and its descendants. Letters compose phonemes and each phoneme represents a phone in the spoken form of the language....
s as well as numbers:
- 1908-1928 : Numbers preceding A
- 1929 : 1 - 29 - 6262 - 29
- 1930 : 1 - 30 - 2934 - 30
- 1930s : A or AH + year (1 = 1931 / 2 = 1932 ...) + postcard number
- 1940s : B + year (1 = 1941 / 2 = 1942 ...)
- 1950s : C + year (1 = 1951 / 2 = 1952 ...)
- 1960s : DK + year (1 = 1961 / 2 = 1962 ...)
- 1970s : EK + year (1 = 1971 / 2 = 1972 ...)
External links
- Curt Teich Postcard Archives -- The Curt Teich Postcard Archives, located in Wauconda, IllinoisWauconda, IllinoisWauconda is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,448 at the 2000 census, estimated to be 12,614 in 2006, and is projected to reach 13,811 by 2011. It is the site of the Wauconda Bog Nature Preserve, a National Natural Landmark...
, is the largest public collection of postcards and related material in North America. - Chicago Postcard Museum -- A large collection of Chicago rare, antique, vintage and contemporary postcards with many from Curt Teich.