(BLACK MEMORABILIA--PHOSTINT POSTCARDS.) Select group of 6 postcards using this beautiful lithographic process, including "On the levee, New Orleans," "Polly in a peanut patch," "Brotherly Love," "Living Easy" and "Little Eb Snow" (2). Each measures 3 1/2x5 1/2 inches, with a title, inventory number and the Detroit Photographic Co. credit on recto; one duplicate. Circa 1900
A host of turn-the-century imagery employing this sophisticated European technique. Unlike traditional postcards, which were hand-colored or relied on a halftone screen, the phostint process used multiple lithograph stones resulting in a vivid coloration never seen before.
