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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Edward Mitchell Postcard Company, Hotel Washington - Aberdeen, Washington, 1910s-20s

Edward Mitchell Postcard Company

Hotel Washington - Aberdeen, Washington, 1910s-20s
Over-painted silver prints (2) collaged to board
9 x 12 inches
With manuscript notations on mount verso.
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This object was used as a postcard proof by the Edward Mitchell Company (subsequently the Pacific Novelty Co. and then Souvenir Publishing Co.), a major California postcard publisher. The photograph...
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This object was used as a postcard proof by the Edward Mitchell Company (subsequently the Pacific Novelty Co. and then Souvenir Publishing Co.), a major California postcard publisher. The photograph was overpainted, airbrushed, collaged, and reworked into a heightened version of itself so that, when reproduced as a photo-lithographic postcard, it would appear as it did before its numerous embellishments (as its details would be lost in reproduction). While it was created solely as a tool for a commercial pursuit, its strong painterly qualities allow it to be viewed instead as a compelling art object.
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