French Postcards ~ Publishers ~ Logos & Signatures

Next to the photographer related logos and signatures like JA or J.A. Paris by Jean Agélou, GA by Georges Agélou, A.N. by Alfred Noyer (?), AM Patent by Louis Amédée Mante or J. Mandel, we see frequently series by printers and publishers with the following logos and signatures:

• Léo (de Pradet)
• Lydia
• PC Paris (Papeteries de Levallois-Clichy)
• SOL (or S L?)
• Corona
• GG Co. (Georg Gerlach AG, Berlin)

The signatures JR, GP seem to be related to Jean Agélou too, because the photographic style and studio props are very similar.

An amazing listing of publishers of postcards can be found on the website of the Metropolitan Postcard Club:

http://www.metropostcard.com/metropcpublishers.html

Another website about postcard publishers/editors:

http://fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/Photographie/
Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9s_et_Organisations/
%C3%89diteurs_de_cartes_postales

More information about publishers and their logos and signatures might also be found on http://cartophilie.be.