Monmouth - Memorial to the Late Hon. C. S. Rolls. And Star Trek.

            The Postcard

A Sepiatone Series postcard that was published by the Photochrom Co. Ltd.

The card was posted on Stroud on Thursday the 2nd. August 1917 to:

Mrs. Eaton,
Rodborough,
Stroud,
Glos.

The message on the back of the card was as follows:

"Dear Mrs. Eaton,
Mother has no young
fowls to part with.
She wants to keep them
and part with the older
ones.
Glad to say mother is
better.
Hope you are all well,
Cissie".

The Photochrom Co. Ltd.

The Photochrom Co. Ltd. of London and Royal Tunbridge Wells originally produced Christmas cards before becoming a major publisher and printer of tourist albums, guide books, and postcards.

These mainly captured worldwide views as real photos, or were printed in black & white, monochrome, and color. 

They also published many advertising, comic, silhouette, novelty, panoramic, and notable artist-signed cards in named series as well. The huge number of titles that Photochrom produced may well exceed 40,000.

In 1896 they took over Fussli’s London office established three years earlier, and began publishing similar photo-chromolithographic postcards after securing the exclusive English licence for the Swiss photochrom process. 

This technique was used to produce a great number of view-cards of both England and Europe. While they captured the same fine details as the Swiss prints, their colours were much softer and reduced.

Apart from their better known photochroms, they produced their Celesque series of view-cards printed in tricolor.

One of the largest unnamed series that Photochrom produced was of view-cards printed in brown rotogravure. Many of these cards were simply hand coloured with a dominant red and blue, which gives these cards a distinct appearance. They are similar to cards produced in their Photogravure and Velvet Finish Series.

Photochrom postcard series include:

-- Night Series - Line block halftone over a blue tint depicting London.
-- Carbofoto Series - Black & white real photo cards.
-- Sepiatone Series - Sepia real photo cards.
-- Grano Series - View-cards printed in black & white.
-- Exclusive Photo-Color Series - View-cards printed in colour.
-- Duotype Process Series - View-cards printed in two tones.

Wah Chang

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 2nd. August 1917,  Wah Chang was born in Honolulu. 

Wah was an American designer, best known for developing the futuristic props in Star Trek, including the tricorder and the communicator. The hand-held communicator, with its hinged lid, became an inspiration for flip-type mobile phones.

His other film credits include sculpting the maquette of Pinocchio which was used as the reference for the animators of the classic Walt Disney feature, and articulated deer models for Bambi. 

He also designed the spectacular headdress worn by Elizabeth Taylor in the feature film Cleopatra.

Wah died in 2003 in Carmel, California.
   

Taken on: November 24, 2017

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