Tichnor Brothers

{{short description|Boston postcard company}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2023|cs1-dates=ly}} {{use American English|date=March 2023}} thumb|Tichnor Bros. advertisement in 1916 city directory '''Tichnor Brothers, Inc.''' was a Boston-based American graphic arts and printing company in operation from 1908 to 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tichnor Brothers, Inc. (1908 - 1987) |url=https://www.geographicus.com/P/ctgy&Category_Code=tichnorbros |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=Geographicus Rare Antique Maps }}</ref> Tichnor was one of the major producers of souvenir postcards of American cities in the 20th century, including large-letter postcards from 1936 to 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tichnor Bros. Large Letter Linens 1936-1952 |url=https://www.thrillist.com/amphtml/travel/nation/vintage-postcards-boston-public-library-shares-the-tichnor-brothers-postcard-collection-on-flickr |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=thrillist.com}}</ref> Tichnor and Curt Teich were rivals; in at least one case Curt Teich managers wanted to copy a view from a Tichnor postcard.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meikle |first=Jeffrey L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GBMtCwAAQBAJ&dq=Tichnor+postcard&pg=PA249 |title=Postcard America: Curt Teich and the Imaging of a Nation, 1931-1950 |year=2016 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-72661-1 |pages=249 |language=en}}</ref> The Tichnor Bros. archives, a valuable source for American architectural and cultural history, are held at Boston Public Library, which has also posted thousands of free-use images online at their Digital Commonwealth site and in Flickr albums.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tichnor Brothers Inc. Postcard Collection |url=https://www.bpl.org/archival_post/tichnor-brothers-inc-postcard-collection |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=Boston Public Library (bpl.org) |language=en-US}}</ref>

The founding brothers were '''Harry N. Tichnor''' (July 7, 1877 – July 26, 1911) and '''Louis Tichnor''' (September 11, 1879 – November 6, 1974).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moreno |first=Barry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fqTHDQAAQBAJ&dq=Tichnor+postcard&pg=PA62 |title=The Statue of Liberty |date=2017-02-27 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4396-5959-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Ancestry.com |title=Louis Tichnor in ''Massachusetts, U.S., Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990''|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5061/}}</ref> Harry and Louis were two of Morris and Dora (Weiss) Tichnor's eight children; the others were Annie, Rose, Caroline, Samuel, Rudolph and Fred.<ref>Louis Tichnor New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; ''Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915'' Source info Ancestry.com. ''Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915''</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news|newspaper= Boston Globe |date=1966-06-03| page=28| title= Annie Tichnor Davis obituary}}</ref> Morris and Dora were emigrants of Jewish ancestry from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">Harry N Tichnor, Source Citation, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; ''Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911'' Ancestry.com. ''Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915''</ref> Louis was born Leopold Tichnor; Louis' obituary said the firm was established in 1897.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRP-27S | work=Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 | date=2020-11-10 | title=Leopold Tichner, 11 Sep 1879; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston | id=FHL microfilm 004032081}}</ref><ref name=":0">The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts · Wednesday, November 06, 1974 p 73</ref> Harry Tichnor died of a burst appendix in 1911.<ref name=":2" /> Louis died at age 95 after a long illness; he was survived by his brother Samuel (among others).<ref name=":0" /> The name is sometimes spelled Ticknor or Teichner in early records.<ref>{{citation |work=Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988|title=Harry Tichnor Ticknor in ''Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988''|via=Ancestry.com }}</ref>

==Additional images== {{gallery | title =Tichnor Bros. postcard images from their home state of Massachusetts | mode = packed | File:Charles W. Morgan and Platina Whalers at pier, New Bedford, Mass (68418).jpg | Charles W. Morgan and Platina Whalers at pier, New Bedford, Mass. | File:Harbor Defense Headquarters, Fort Banks, Mass (73884).jpg | Harbor Defense Headquarters, Fort Banks, Mass. | File:Old Silver Beach, Falmouth, Mass (77255).jpg | Old Silver Beach, Falmouth, Mass. }}

==See also== * Curt Teich

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== External links == {{commons category|Tichnor Brothers}} * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/collections/72157604352556390/ Flickr.com: Tichnor Brothers Collection at Boston Public Library] * [https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/collections/commonwealth:0p096w19r BPL Tichnor Brothers Collection via Digital Commonwealth]

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