Postmark Dated Curt-Teich Cards

The following list gives the Curt-Teich Reference Number, Title, Year of First Publication (based on info from the Curt-Teich Museum website) and Year of Postmark or Written Date. When the title is in brackets [] the title is from an eBay description, and may not be the exact title shown on the card.

• 10958-N, [Weiss Park, Beaumont, TX], 1910 (reprinted), 1942
• 13254, "Interior View of First Bank and Trust Co., Cairo, Illinois.", 1908/9, 1909
• 17554-N, "Fishing River, Siloam Par, Excelsior Springs, Mo. / Missouri's National Health Resort", 1908/9 (reprinted), 1956
• A-45664, "Cabbage Palmetto Bloom", 1914, 1917
• A-50843, "The Pierpont Inn, at Ventura-by-the-Sea, California", 1914, 1916
• 59486-N, "F-27--Rapids and Dam, Island Park, Fargo, N. D."., 1915 (reprinted), 1942
• 91165-N, "Rip Van Winkle Trail Below Palenville Overlook, Catskill Mts., N. Y.--58", 1922 (reprinted), 1945
• A-99870, "National Bank of Summers Co., W. Va.", 1924, 1946
• 103844, [Elkins WV State Odd Fellows Home / IOOF], 1925, 1943
• 111383, "Masonic Temple, Weston, W. Va.", 1926, 1943
• 113844, [Vancouver Barracks in Vancouver, Washington.], 1927, 1940
• 123846 N, "The Narrows, Dells of the Wisconsin River", 1928 (reprinted), 1946
• 5650-29-N, "460--Yacht Race on Grand Lake, Never Summer Range in Distance / Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado", 1929 (reprinted), 1941
• 889-29, "378 The Singing Tower / Mountain Lake Sanctuary, Lake Wales, Fla.", 1929, 1938
• 840-30-N, "Beamont High School, Beaumont, Texas", 1930 (reprinted), 1942
• 0A4856, "S-4 Swan Lake, Sumter, S. C.", 1930, 1938
• 1A-H85, "Ashford General Hospital, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.", 1931, 1944
• 2A315-N, "Belleville Public Schools -- Belleville, Ill.", 1932 (reprinted), 1945
• 2A-H427, [Carabao Drawn Cart, Phillipines], 1932, 1956
• 3A26-N, [Lake Shore Bathing Beach and C.E.I. Power Plant, Ashtabula, Ohio.], 1932 (reprinted), 1950
• 3A-H66, "State Capitol, Montpelier, VT. 76GM", 1933, 1948
• 3A-H714, "Under Sail on Maxinkuckee, Culver Summer Schools, Culver, Ind.", 1933, 1952
• 3A-H1417, "Ornamental Fountain at the Zoo, John Ball Park, Grand Rapids, Mich.", 1933, 1947
• 4A-H298, "Down in Oklahoma", 1934, 1950
• 4A-H750, "835 A Florida Home Surrounded by Tropical Foliage and Hedge of Flame Vine", 1934, 1937
• 4A-H1510, "S-377 / Greetings from Frankfort, Mich.", 1934, 1943
• 4A-H1726, [Masonic Temple, Rochester, NY], 1934, 1949
• 4A-H2165, "Along the Shore S-370 / Greetings from Frankfort, Michigan", 1934, 1942
• 5A483, "American Rolling Mills Baseball Park and Athletic Field, Middletown, Ohio", 1935, 1941
• 5A-H1480, "An Entire City Block of Hospitality / Pantlind Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan", 1935, 1948
• 5A-H2352, "Acadia National Park, Mt. Desert Island, Maine / Parking Space on Summit of Cadillac Mountain", 1935, 1941
• 6A551-N, [Post Theatre, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana], 1936 (reprinted), 1940
• 7A-H2308, "W-26--Chimes Tower, Longwood, Between Kennett Square, Pa. and Wilmington, Del.", 1937, 1946
• 7A-H2797, "Greetings from Chautauqua Lake, N. Y.", 1937, 1943
• 8A-H877, "38. Famous Cog Railway ascending Mt. Washington, White Mountains, N.H.", 1938, 1947
• 8A-H2356, "Cascade Hills Country Club House and Pool, Grand Rapids, Mich.", 1938, 1947
• 8A-H2739, "803 The Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah", 1938, 1948
• 8A-H2805, "The Rocks, Fort Christiana Park, Wilmington, Del.", 1938, 1939
• 8A-H3208, "949 Ocean Caves Rocks, Roads End near Oceanlake, Oregon Coast Highway, Oregon, U.S. 101", 1939, 1954
• 9A95, "Public Library Poplar Bluff Mo.", 1939, 1940
• 9A-H14, "TX1 Greetings from Orange Texas", 1939, 1950
• 9A-H293, "The Ball Memorial Statue, Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Ind.", 1939, 1947
• 9A-H308, "The Boat Docks at Silver Springs, Florida", 1939, 1942
• 9A-H2559, "1243--Sapphire Pool and Biscuit Basin, Yellowstone National Park", 1939, 1944
• OB-H399, "70 City Hall Jacksonville Fla.", 1940, 1946
• OB-H1711, [USN-5, OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH U.S. NAVY, U.S. NAVY], 1940, 1941
• 0B-H2729, "933--Mt. Hood at Sunrise from Lost Lake, Oregon", 1940, 1943
• 1B-458N, [THE LIBRARY, EASTERN KENTUCKY STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, RICHMOND, KY.], 1941 (reprinted), 1942
• 1B947-N, "Bird's-Eye View of Maysville, Ky., showing Bridge across Ohio River", 1941 (reprinted), 1954
• 1B-H612, "Air View of Camp Grant, Illinois", 1941, 1942
• 1B-H1633, "Passaic Falls, (The Niagara of) Paterson, N. J.", 1941, 1947
• 1B-H2282, "1270--Crater of the Oblong Geyser, Yellowstone National Park", 1941, 1944
• 2B-H111, [Buckhorn Curio Store-San Antonio-TX], 1942, 1949
• 2B-H1234, "HOTEL PARKERSON, NAGS HEAD, N. C.", 1942, 1960
• 2B-H1360, "Greetings from Elmira, N. Y.", 1942, 1943
• 3B-H168, "332 - Residence Section, Juarez, Mexico.", 1943, 1946
• 3B-H218, "Greetings From Camp Barkeley Texas", 1943, 1944
• 4B-H1114, "Manitou Falls, Lake Superior North Shore Drive", 1944, 1947
• 5B-H1355, [Florida Sanitarium in Orlando, Florida.], 1945, 1957
• 9B-H758, "Macklin Field Michigan State College - East Lansing Mich.", 1949, 1952
• 3C-H435, "23--Cottage Line and Boardwalk Looking North from Atlantic Hotel, Ocean City, Md.", 1953, 1954
• 4C-K128, "Aloha from Hawaii", 1954, 1965
• 5C167-N, "Parque de Atccosol y volcan de Izalco, Sonsonate", 1955 (reprinted), 1957
• 5C-H462, [Lanier Dormitory-Texas So. Univ.-Houston-TX], 1955, 1958
• 3DK-1927, "A Typical Samoan Fale (House)", 1963, 1965

Later Curt-Teich cards have the reference number inside the stamp box, so it is relatively difficult to find cards with a postmark having the reference number visible (generally they are cards that have had the stamp removed).

Though we have far too small a sample to derive any valid conclusions, here is the intial distribution.
Years gives the number of years between original publication date and postmark date (there were no '0' years in our sample, none were postmarked the same year as they were originally published).
Frequency is a graphical representation of the number of cards falling into that timespan.
Number is the same as Frequency, but represented numerically instead of graphically.

Years	Frequency	Number
1-5		23
6-10		15
11-15		14
16-20		7
21-25		3
26-30		1
31-35		1
36-40		0
41-45		0
46-50		1
(n = 65) (avg. = 9.98) (mean = 8)

When a larger sample is available we will graph the frequency by year, rather than five year span, for more precise results. We will also separate out the obviously reprinted cards (many have a reprint code -- N -- after the number). Our initial results suggest, not too surprisingly, that usage of particular cards (on the average) tend to decline as they get older. The surprising thing is that their shelf-life is so long, with an average of about 10 years. It will be interesting to see if this frequency distribution holds up as the sample size increases ...

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