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BBBBA Century ofProgress %u25a0 Postcards %u25a0Process Photo Studios Series%u25a0 Partial Set %u25a0The Process Photo Studios Corporation was a division of the Process Corporation, and both entities had offices in Chicago. The parent company was known for manufacturing greeting cards, which it sold through door-to-door salesmen recruited through magazine ads (see below). The cards were designed by %u201cfamous artists%u201d and were custom-imprinted with the customer%u2019s name and message %u201cat prices no higher than that charged for ordinary cards.%u201d This service was begun in 1931 and was still operating as late as 1964. Both divisions published post cards for A Century of Progress Exposition. The series here, produced by Process Photo Studios, were offsetprinted onto card stock, and they offered general views of the Fair. They are not common, and it is unknown how many different cards were produced. There were other postcards made by Corporation which were RPPCs (Real Photo Post Cards). They were produced for the Hall of Religion and depicted miniature bibles and the Ulm Cathedral.