Winsch


John O. Winsch 
1910-1915 
Stapleton, New York, U.S.A. 
Published cards from 1900-1915. 
The cards were printed in Germany


A very important publisher of artist signed and holiday cards. They are especially known for their Halloween and Thanksgiving cards. Winsch used European artists to work directly with his German printer. (Most likely Obpacher Bros.). Samuel L. Schmucker was one of their better known artists who created the Winsch Girl. Fred Kolb, Katherine Eilliot, Charles Levi, and James Frexas also created cards for them. They produced almost 4,000 different designs, many of which were issued in sets. Though most of their cards were manufactured in Germany, some were printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many of their cards do not carry the firm's name, though they all have a similar graphic design on their backs. Other publishers however took advantage of this and began using a similar back hoping to mislead customers and capitalize on the higher prices that Winsch cards fetched. Winsch was the co-manager of the Art Lithographic Publishing Company in 1915, but his exact tenure is uncertain. He seems to have resumed publishing postcards under his own name sometime after the end of World War I until about 1925.


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Winsch/ back of card
Winsch series 9.1/ A Halloween Wish
Winsch series 9.1/ A Starry Halloween/two children with pumpkins
Winsch series 9.1/ Halloween Greetings/ boy and girl
Winsch series 9.1/ Halloween Jollity/ girl with JOL
Winsch series 9.1/ Halloween Jollity/ girl with JOL
Winsch series 9.1/ The Halloween Lantern
Winsch series 9.1/ The Halloween Lantern
Winsch series 9.3-1/ The Halloween lantern
Winsch series 9.1/ The Magic Halloween
Winsch series 382/ A Halloween Morning/ c1915a

Winsch series 382/ The Magic Halloween/ c1915
Winsch series 9.1-1/ Halloween Night
Winsch series 9.3.1 Halloween Night

Winsch series 9.3-1/ Halloween Jollity/ girl alone
Winsch series 9.7-1/ A Starry Halloween
Winsch series 450-1/ Halloween Pumpkins
Winsch series 111b/ Halloween Greetings/ witch flying
Winsch/ Study the stars
Winsch/ Hallowe'en Greeting

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