Stecher Lithograph Company
Rochester, NY
A short company history of the Stecher Lithographic Company is found in volume XXXV (1982) of the University of Rochester LIbrary Bulletin, in an article entitled “Nineteenth Century Rochester Fruit and Flower Plates” by Karl Sanford Kabelac. The article is available online at the University of Rochester‘s River Campus Libraries website, posted by the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation. Scroll nearly halfway down the webpage for the section about The Stecher Lithographic Company. Although the focus of the article pertains to printers in the Rochester, New York area who made plates (prints) of fruits and flowers to illustrate the catalogues of the botanical offerings of local nurseries, the Stecher Lithographic Company also printed numerous postcards during the golden age of postcards. Wikipedia mentions that Frances Brundage illustrated for the Stecher Lithographic Company, although the entry does not specifically state that she illustrated postcards for Stecher, which also printed illutrated books.
Adolph Nolte & Company, founded in 1867, was a lithographic firm that produced posters for seed companies. After Nolte’s interests refocused on the Rochester Beobachter, a newspaper he founded, he sold his lithographic shop to F. Muntz in 1871. Muntz partnered with the printer Frank Stecher who ran the shop, and Anton Rahn who became manager of the art department. Charles F. Mensing bought out Muntz’s share of the firm in 1875, and the name changed from Charles F. Muntz & Co. to Mensing, Rahn & Stecher. Two years later it became Mesning & Stecher after Rahn left to form his own shop. Stecher gained sole control in 1887 and the firm was renamed the Stecher Lithographic Company. They became a major printer of chromolithographic posters, labels and trade cards, and by the turn of the century, artist drawn holiday postcards. In 1936 the Traung Lithographic Company purchased this firm and it became Stecher-Traung. It was purchased again in 1966 by the Schmidt Lithographic Co. to become Stecher-Traung-Schmidt, but they went out of business in 1994.
"More than one version was issued for some of the Stecher series. This can be determined because the publisher used a variety of logos. My cards have “J.E.P.” above the tiny circle logo with a “C” and a dot inside; this was placed in the lower-left corner of the front. The initials are for the artist James E. Pitts, whose name appears on the opposite side. Another printing omitted the artist and changed the logo by abbreviating their name (“Stecher Lith Co. Roch N.Y.”) to surround the circled-and-dotted C." www.antiquetrader.com
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| Stecher series 57B/ Halloween/ baby |
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| Stecher series 57B/ Halloween/ boy holding JOL/ c1914/ embossed |
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| Stecher series 57B/ Halloween/ boy holding JOL/ c1914/ |
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| Stecher series 57-F/ Halloween/ boy holding JOL/ c1914 |
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| Stecher series 57B/ Halloween/ boy holding JOL/ c1914/ |
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| Stecher series 57B/ Halloween/ boy holding JOL/ c1914/ |
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| Stecher series 63/ When Halloween |
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| Stecher series 63B/ Ducking Apples |
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| Stecher series 63C/ There's many kinds of fun |
Stecher series 63D/ Halloween Greetings
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| Stecher series 63E/ Halloween Greetings/ dark logo |
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| Stecher series 63E/ Halloween Greetings/ I wish you joy/ embossed |
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| Stecher series 63E/ Halloween Greetings/ I wish you joy |
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| Stecher series 63F/ when Halloween |
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| Stecher series 80A/ Halloween greetings/ similar to 339 |
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| Stecher series 80B/ Wishing you a Jolly Halloween/ similar to 339 |
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| Stecher series 80C/ Wishing you a Lucky/ similar to 339 |
Stecher series 80F/ Pleasant Reflections on Hallowe'en
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| Stecher series 90/ Halloween/ c1915, Girl with pumpkin |
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| Stecher series 90/ Halloween/ boy running cat |
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| Stecher series 90/ Halloween |
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| Stecher series 90A/ Halloween/ Broom, Bat, Lantern, Girl |
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| Stecher series 90E/ Child on Fence |
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| Stecher series 90E/ Halloween/ boy and cat |
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| Stecher series 90F/ Halloween Child on JOL spider background |
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| Stecher series 90F/ Halloween/ solid background |
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| Stecher series 216A/ Halloween Joys |
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| Stecher series 226A/ Halloween Joys/ oh/ glitter |
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| Stecher series 226A/ Halloween Joys |
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| Stecher series 216A/ Halloween/ put on a witch's cloak/ similar to 216B |
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| Stecher series 216B/ Halloween put on a witch's cloak |
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| Stecher series 216B/ Halloween/ if in the mirror |
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| Stecher series 216C/ Halloween/ softly/ red |
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| Stecher series 216D Halloween may each/ glitter |
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| Stecher series 216E/ Halloween/ Good Luck/ a message of good |
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| Stecher series 226B/ Halloween Pleasures/ bobbing |
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| Stecher series 226B/ Halloween Pleasures |
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| Stecher series 226C/ Jolly Halloween/ riding |
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| Stecher series 226D/ Halloween/ Child carving |
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| Stecher series 226D/ Halloween/ Ye ghosts/ Child carving/ gl |
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| Stecher series 226D/ Halloween/ Child carving/ glitter |
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| Stecher series 226D/ Halloween/ Child carving/ glitter |
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| Stecher series 226E Halloween/ Pumpkin faces |
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| Stecher series 226E Halloween/ Have no fear |
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| Stecher series 226F Halloween Pranks/ This pumpkin face |
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| Stecher series 226F Halloween Pranks/ Halloween is sure |
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| Stecher series 248/ Halloween Greetings/ light all |
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| Stecher series 248/ Halloween Greetings/ when black |
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| Stecher series 248/ Halloween/ may fate |
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| Stecher series 248D/ Halloween/ on Halloween/ glitter |
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| Stecher series 248D/ Halloween/ on Halloween |
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| Stecher series 248E/ Halloween/ when |
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| Stecher series 248F/ Halloween Greetings/ on Halloween |
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| Stecher/ Halloween/ witch in red sleeveless |
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| Stecher series 332D/ Jolly Halloween/ similar to 1238 |
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| Stecher series 332-F/ Halloween Greetings |
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| Stecher series 339 80E/ Wishing you a Happy Halloween |
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| Stecher series 339 1291/ Halloween Greetings/ girl with apple |
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| Stecher series 339 1291/ Halloween Greetings/ girl with apple |
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| Stecher series 339/ A Wishing you much |
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| Stecher series 339/ Don't be |
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| Stecher series 339/ Pleasant |
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| Stecher series 339/ Wishing You a Lucky Halloween |
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| Stecher series 339C/ to wish |
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| Stecher series 339/ Wishing you |
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| Stecher series 339-F/ Wishing You a Jolly Halloween |
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| Stecher series 339C/ Halloween Greetings/ Beware your fate |
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| Stecher series 339D/ may a joyous |
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| Stecher series 339F/ A Message/ c1917 |
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| Stecher Series 339F/ Halloween/ may your future be always bright |
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| Stecher series 339F/ may good luck |
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| Stecher series 339/may good luck |
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| Stecher series 345/ A Joyous halloween/ 2 boys at fence/ tan background |
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| Stecher series 345/ A Joyous halloween/ 2 boys at fence/ greenish background |
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| Stecher series 345/ A Joyous Halloween/ woman stairs |
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| Stecher series 345/ Halloween Greetings/ witch orange hat |
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| Stecher series 345/ Halloween greetings |
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| Stecher series 345C/ Halloween Greetings/ glitter |
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| Stecher series 345B/ Best Halloween Wishes/ ducking |
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| Stecher series 345D/ Best Halloween Wishes |
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| Stecher series 400 |
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| Stecher series 400A/ Halloween Greetings |
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| Stecher series 400B/ Halloween Greetings |
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| Stecher series 408/ Halloween/ clown mirror/ c1910 |
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| Stecher series 408/ Halloween/ clown |
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| Stecher series 408/ Halloween/ JOL on stick |
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| Stecher series 408A/ Halloween/ clown owl |
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| Stecher series 408B/ Halloween/ clown on broom |
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| Stecher series 408F/ Halloween /clown with noisemaker/ c1917 |
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| Stecher series 419 |
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| Stecher series 419C/ Halloween Greetings |
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| Stecher series 419E/ Halloween Greetings |
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| Stecher Series 1238/ Halloween |
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| Stecher Series 1238/ Halloween |
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| Stecher Series 1238/ Halloween |
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| Stecher Series 1238/ Halloween |
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| Stecher series 1238-D/ Jolly Halloween |
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| Stecher series 1238/ Jolly Halloween/ red witch in black hat |
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| Stecher series 1238/ Jolly Halloween/ red witch in black hat |
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| Stecher series 1238D/ Jolly Halloween/ The Witch |
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| Stecher series 1239/ A Joyous Halloween/ I wish |
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| Stecher series 1239/ Halloween greetings/ cream/ no logo |
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| Stecher series 1239/ Halloween greetings/ white/ with logo in corner |
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| Stecher series 1239B/ on halloween |
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| Stecher series 1239C/ Jolly Halloween/ Girl with cat dress |
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| Stecher series 1239D/ Halloween Greetings/ as the candle |
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| Stecher series 1290A/ May a joyous/ similar to 339F |
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| Stecher series 1290D/ A message of good luck/ similar to 339F |
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| Stecher series 1291A/ Wishing you much/ similar to 339 |
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| Stecher series 1291C/ To wish you/ similar to 339 |
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| Stecher series 1291D May joy and pleasure |
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| Stecher/ back of card |
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