Curt Teich

The Carnegie Library in Blue Island, IL - William A. Otis, architect (1903, demolished 1969) source Curt Teich & Co. postcard 60274

The Great White Liner "South American," Chicago, Illinois, circa 1915-1930 source Curt Teich & Co. postcard 103504

Curt Teich (1877–1974) was a printer who emigrated to the United States from Lobenstein, Germany in 1896. Curt Teich & Company opened in January 1898 in Chicago, Illinois and closed in 1978. The Teich Company was the world's largest printer of view and advertising Postcards. Teich is best known for its "Greetings From" postcards with their big letters, vivid colors, and bold style.

Teich family

Curt and his wife Anna Niether Teich lived in Glencoe, Illinois at 535 Longwood Avenue for many years. They had five children — Curt Jr., Walter, Louise, Lawrence, and Ralph. Lawrence was killed in Bataan. Louise (Raymond Chmelik) had four children—Raymond (Mike), Susan-Ann, James and Christine. Susan-Ann had three children—Marjorie, Linda and Kathleen Moeling. Christine had two children Asra and Jeffrey Iftekaruddin. James Chmelik had 9 children - James Chmelik Jr., Melissa Chmelik, Joshua Chmelik, Rebecca Chmelik, Sean (Lawrence) Chmelik, Tyler Chmelik, Collen Chmelik, Elizabeth Chmelik, and Cory Chmelik. Ralph donated the archives of the company to the Lake County Discovery Museum in Illinois, so they may continue to be used for research purposes.

Notes and references

• Harris, Moira F. "Curt Teich Postcards of Minnesota." Minnesota History 54: 7 (1995): 304-15.

External links

• The Curt Teich Postcard Archives. Located at the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda, Illinois, is the one of the largest public collections of postcards and related material in North America.
• Curt Teich postcards in the Bowden Postcard Collection Online. Maintained by the Walter Havighurst Special Collections in the Miami University Libraries. Includes over 2,000 Curt Teich postcards.