This is part of my history and guide to my adopted home - Terre Haute, Indiana.
More postcards from my collection. This page illustrates how the same photograph or other artwork would be copied between printers and publishers, sometimes spanning decades, in this case from at least 1909 to around 1940.
Old Fort Harrison on the Banks of the Wabash River, Terre Haute, Ind.
This postcard stamped in Jessop, Indiana on September 6th, 1909, also contains the text...
No. D3947
Published by The Indiana News Company, Indianapolis, Ind
Dresden - Leipzig - Berlin
Made in Germany
ANC NY
Litho-Chrome
Leipzig - Berlin - Dresden
Trade Mark
Old Fort Harrison in 1812, Terre Haute, Ind.
This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on November 6th, 1911, has the text...
A-16067
Published Expressly for S. H. Knox & Co.
Made in U. S. A.
I have another copy of this postcard that was posted in Terre Haute on June 18th, 1911.
Old Fort Harrison in 1812, Terre Haute, Ind.
This postcard stamped in Terre Haute on 25th March 1916, also contains the text...
13543
Levin Bros.
I have another copy of this postcard stamped in Terre Haute on August 6th, 1915, that has the printed text...
The Valentine-Souvenir Co., New York.
Printed in U. S. A.
Old Fort Harrison in 1812, Terre Haute, Ind.
This unused postcard has the text...
A-16067
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Old Fort Harrison in 1812, Terre Haute, Ind.
This unused postcard has the printed text...
A-16067
The Model trademark logo
Old Fort Harrison in 1812, near Terre Haute, Ind.
This unused postcard has the printed text...
16067
Levin Brothers, Terre Haute, Ind.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. American Art" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)
Fort Harrison, Terre Haute, Indiana
Fort Harrison was built in 1811, 3 miles north of Terre Haute, on the banks of the Wabash by General Wm. Henry Harrison , governor of the territory of Indiana. It was one of the key defences against the Indians, led by Tecumseh, the Prophet. Captain Zachary Taylor was in command at the memorable battle of Fort Harrison, September 4, 1812. When the allied tribes were defeated, all the territory lying south was definitely made safe for the white settler for the first time since the territory of Indiana was opened in 1800.
Courtesy of the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce.
There are several different versions of this postcard. Some were published by the T. H. News & Magazine Agency and have the printed text...
16067
Published by T. H. News & Magazine Agency, Terre Haute, Ind.
C. T. American Art Colored
C. T., Chicago trademark logo
Some versions do not have the C.T., Chicago trademark logo, in other versions the text at the top right on the front of the postcard is all in uppercase rather than italics. There were also versions of this postcard that were of the linen type.
I have a version of this postcard that was published by the T. H. News & Magazine Agency with the C.T., Chicago trademark logo that was posted in Terre Haute on December 31st, 1934. I also have a version that was published by Levin Brothers with the C. T. American Art Colored text and the C.T., Chicago trademark logo that was posted in Terre Haute on August 24th, 1938.
Old Fort Harrison in 1812, near Terre Haute, Indiana
This unused postcard has the text...
16067-N
Wabash Valley News Agency Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)
Fort Harrison, Terre Haute, Indiana
Fort Harrison was built in 1811, 3 miles north of Terre Haute, on the banks of the Wabash by General Wm. Henry Harrison , governor of the territory of Indiana. It was one of the key defences against the Indians, led by Tecumseh, the Prophet. Captain Zachary Taylor was in command at the memorable battle of Fort Harrison, September 4, 1812. When the allied tribes were defeated, all the territory lying south was definitely made safe for the white settler for the first time since the territory of Indiana was opened in 1800.
Courtesy of the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce.
Fort Harrison, 2 miles north of Terre Haute, Indiana
This unused postcard has the text...
Moore-Langen Printing co., Terre Haute, Indiana
[???] about two miles north of Terre Haute, [???] in 1811, under the direction of General [???] for whom it was named. The fort was [???] Indians under British influence on the night of [???] Captain Zachary Taylor held off the attack with a force of less than 50 men, women and children, many of whom were ill. Both of these men became presidents of the United States.