Postcards and other pictures

Under Construction

For some time it has been planned to set up a section of this site relating to the history of the postcards of Hertfordshire. A number of incomplete pages have been set up, to collect cross-references, etc, and these are listed below.

History of Postcards

• The Beginnings - The Undivided back

• The Divided back - Inland postage only

• The Divided back - Restricted Posting Overseas

Rogues Gallery (pictures of unknown groups, etc)

The Detective at Work

• Posters in 1899

• The Funeral

• Dating a card of Hemel Hempstead High Street

• Event Post Cards in the early 20th century

Artists

• Frank Dean of Letchworth

• Ernest Heasman of Harpenden

• E A Phipson (includes post cards)

• Other Hertfordshire Artists

Hertfordshire Photographers, Postcard Publishers, etc

• John BARNARD, Photographer,  St Albans, 1882-1894

• Ernest Bedwell of Bedford (Bedford Series)

• Alfred BURTON, Photographer & Taxidermist of Hoddesdon

• Chadwick of Tring

• Robert H Clark of Royston

• Coles of Watford

• W H Cox of Luton

• Harry Cull of Watford

• G T de Fraine of Tring (and Aylesbury)

• Charles Dickens of Aldbury

• Downer of Watford

• George Reynolds Durrant of Hertford

• Arthur Elsden, Photographer of Hertford

• Robert William Harradence of Ware

• Henri Victor Leménager of Bushey & Watford

• Loosley of Berkhamsted

• T Muncey of Aldbury

• Newman of Berkhamsted

• S G Payne & Son of Aylesbury

• Valentine of Harpenden

National Publishers of Hertfordshire Cards

• Blum & Degan

• Buchanan (Specialised in School Photographs)

• Cynicus

• Frith

• Hartmann

• Knight Brothers (British Mirror Series)

• Lansdorff (Broxbourne area)

• Gordon Smith

• Mitchell & Watkins (Canon Series)

• Sydbie (Water Colour Post Card Co.) (of Barnet Area)

• Raphael Tuck - Aquarette cards - Oilette Cards

• Valentine

• Vulcan

Distinctive Features

• Packets of Postcards

• Postcards with a Coat of Arms

• Postcards with a Distinctive Frame

Usage Features

• Postal Franks

• Postage Stamps and Postal Rates

• Hidden Messages