So do you think our intrepid travelers from yesterday would have made it as far as the Brooklyn Bridge? This photo was probably taken sometime between 1918 and 1925 when the American Art Publishing Company existed. Finkelstein & Son created the card.
Click on either image to see them larger.
So which of the two Finkelstein's, father or son, had the propensity to climb things? Which one was not afraid of heights? Being that I cannot find any historical information about either of them, I guess we’ll never know.
Here's another view of the bridge by the Finkelstein's. This night view is also featured on page 85 in the book Postcards of the Night by John A. Jakle.
Another bridge tomorrow.
(SOURCE: The Strawfoot)
Another bridge tomorrow.
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These are unusually crisp images. Nicely colored.
ReplyDeleteI thought so too. I was amazed to read at the Metro site that the company was known for crude coloring. Of course, not having many cards to compare I have to say I really like this one.
DeleteI've always found the relatively rare but romantic moonlit night scenes of the postcard "linen-era" to be especially charming.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, especially when you look closer and realize they were usually taken in the daytime and it was the artist who later turned them into night.
DeleteYes, since the ever-present moon was always behind the subjects and therefore could not illuminate them. Again, these scenes were idealized postcard images that were in their own ways charming works of art.
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