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were introduced, and they%u2019re still being made today. Their name is derived from Kodak%u2019s popular Kodachrome film. A Chrome has a glossy finish, and offers a very accurate rendition of a color photograph. Since their introduction, the skills of the artist for hand-coloring or airbrushing details, are no longer required.Real Photo Post Cards, generally referred to as RPPCs, are actual photographs printed on photo-sensitive postcard stock (as opposed to letterpress or lithographic images). They were first promoted by Kodak in 1903, and gained in popularity after 1907. At that time, the company introduced a service to print a postcard from any image a customer took. At one time, RPPCs were fairly popular, but not many were created after color printing and Chrome postcards were introduced.Images of aerial views have been reproduced on postcards since the medium%u2019s earliest days. For example, many of George Lawrence%u2019s images of San Francisco%u2019s earthquake damage were printed on postcards. And Neubronner sold postcards of photographs taken by his pigeons at the Frankfurt International Aviation Exhibition and the Paris Air Show in 1910 and 1911.The earliest postcards in this collection were produced in the first decade of the twentieth century, and depict images in black-and-white, or ones that were hand-colored. Most were printed by a lithographic process, and have a smooth finish. There are also many linen-finish postcards and some RPPCs%u2014but only a handful of the more modern slick Chrome postcards. Overall, a wide variety of postcard manufacturers are represented.This collection is divided into 5 sections: Cities & Towns, Public Buildings & Infrastructure, Schools & Colleges, Parks & Recreation, and Business & Industry. The first line of each card%u2019s caption contains the identifying information from the front of the card. Not all cards have a description on the back, but when they do, that text is included in the caption. Postcard with an undivided back. Postcard with a divided back.{