pubs

Publishers of Holy Cards 1880 - present:

Bouassee Lebel, Paris (c. 1880's-1930's)

L. Turgis, Paris, France (c. 1880's-1900's)

Verlag von Carl Mayer, Nurnberg, Germany (c. 1880-1900's)

Verlag von Serz, Nurnberg, Germany (c. 1890's-1900's)

Kuhlen & Gladbach, Germany (c. 1890's-1900's)

P.A. Kemper, Dayton OH (c. 1900's)

Bouassee Jeune, Paris (c. 1900's)

Bertarelli, Milano (1896 -1930's)
*merged with Santa Lega Eucaristica in the 30ties. SLE was bombed and destroyed by the Americans in 1943.

Boumard Fils, Paris, France (c. 1910's-30's)

Scuola Beato Angelico, Milan, Italy (c. 1930's-1970's) ** trademark looks like a fish

RHM (Roberto Hoesch-Milano), Italy (c. 1930's)

Kunsteverlag Beuron, Germany (c. 1930's)

GBB, Belgium

D.S. Co. (Diedrich Schaeffer), Germany

NB or NG (N.G. Basevi), Italy & USA (c. 1929)

M.H.W. Co.(M.H. Wiltzius), Milwaukee, WI

W.J.H. Co. or WH Litho (William J. Hirtin) NYC (1920's-40's)

Isola Art of NY, publisher, (circa 1930s, 1940s)

Solace Art Co., Brooklyn, NY (c. 1930's-50's)

Edward O'toole, NY

Barton-Cotton, Baltimore, MD (c. 1940's-60's)

Jeffries & Manz, Philadelphia, PA (c. 1950's-present)

Berliner & McGinnis, Nevada City, CA (c. 1960's)

St. Leo Shop, Newport, RI (c. 1960's-70's)

DSP (Daughters of St. Paul), Boston, MA (c. 1950's-70's)

KG Co. (Krause, Gromer & Co.), Germany

AR (Reproducta), Italy & USA (1930's-present)

Favia-Bari, Italy (c. 1960's-present)

Fratelli Bonella, Italy (c. 1930's-present)

J.B. & Co. (John Brandi), USA (1970's-present)

Bridge Building Images, Burlington, VT (1986-present)

Roman Inc. & Allegiance Advantage, NYC - Saint G'lore (1990-1992)

Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, SD - Ade Bethune (1990-present)

Aziriah, Boca Raton, FL - Holy Traders (1994-present)

Ivie & Associates, Davenport IA - Heavenly Saints (1996-present)

Publishers of Bible Cards 1890 - Present:

These publishers provided the lithographed illustrations for many denomoninational bodies which in turn printed their own weekly lesson stories and questions on the backs of the cards.

Providence Litho. Co., Providence, RI (c. 1893- evolved from Harris & Jones)

W.A. Wilde & Co., Boston, MA (c. 1885-1916?)

Joseph Lauber (c. 1897)

These publishers provided the illustrated card and the lessons:

Standard Publishing Co., Cincinnati, OH (c. 1890-present)

The following modern trading cards are of bible characters and events:

RE-ED Inc. (1989)

Jamison Services, West Plains, MO (1993)

Youth Life Creations, Muncie, IN - Ancient Heroes (1994-present)

Northwestern Products, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (1996)

Creative Communications for Parishes, St. Louis, MO (1996-present)

Bible Lesson Cards

Publisher information has been gleaned from actual cards collected by Brent Devitt and Dennis Myers. Abbreviations are the author's invention to simplify listings. Initial dates with a question mark indicate the year that volume numbers begin in a series, however no actual cards may have been collected yet. Ending dates with a question mark indicate that a card has been collected for that year but it is not known if the series continued without further collected material as proof.

Publishers of Harris, Jones/Providence Lithographs - In Order of First Publishing Dates

Lithography by Harris & Jones from 1889-1896; Providence Litho Co. from April, 1896 on.

Little Pilgrim Lesson Pictures (LPILP) - Congregational Sunday-School And Publishing Society, Boston & Chicago (1889-?); Little Pilgrim Press, NY & Chicago (1905-1915?)

Berean Lesson Pictures (BLP) - Hunt & Eaton, NY; Cranston & Stowe, Cincinnati, OH (1889-March 1893); Hunt & Eaton, NY; Cranston & Curtis, Cincinnati, OH (April 1893- 1897); Eaton & Mains, NY; Curtis & Jennings, Cincinnati, OH (1897-1901?); Eaton & Mains, NY; Jennings & Pye, Cincinnati, OH (1901-1904); Eaton & Mains, NY; Jennings & Grahm, Cincinnati, OH (1905-1912); Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati, OH; NY (1913-1927?); Methodist Book Concern, Nashville, TN (1927?-1941?)

Little Bible Lesson Pictures (LBLP) - Harris, Jones & Co. Providence, RI (1889-1946?)

Evangelical Lesson Cards (ELC) - Thomas & Mattil, Cleveland, OH (1889?-1902); Mattil & Lamb, Cleveland, OH (1902-1904); J.H. Lamb, Cleveland, OH (1904-1909?)

Bible School Picture Card (BSPC) - Methodist Protestant Board of Publication, Pittsburgh, PA (1898?-1920?)

Little People's Lesson Pictures (LPELP) - The American Sunday-School Union, Philadelphia & NY (1896-1916); Union Lesson Pictures (ULP), Philadelphia, PA (1917-1959?)

Kleine Lehrbilder aus der Bibel (KLB) - (1892?-1911?) Vol. 6 (1900), Vol. 16 (1908), Vol. 17 (1909), Vol. 23 (1911)

Pictorial Bible Lessons (PBL) - Presbyterian Committee of Publication, Richmond, VA (1893- 1932?)

Bible Pictures For Our Little Ones (BPFOLO) - United Brethren Publishing House, Dayton, OH (1889-1924?), W.J. Shuey, Agent Publisher (1889-1897)

Picture & Question (PQ) - American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA (1894-?)

Picture Lessons (PL) - American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA (1895?-1945?)

Christian Picture Lessons (CPL) - Christian Publishing Co., St. Louis, MO (1896-1903?)

Olivet Picture Cards (OPC) - Publishing House of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Nashville, TN (1897?-1932?)

Heidelberg Picture Card (HPC) - Sunday School Board of the Reformed Church In United States, Philadelphia, PA (1898?-1917?)

Our Bible Lesson Cards (OBLC) - C.P. Publishing House, Nashville, TN (1899-1906?)

Our Scripture Picture Cards (OSPC) - C.P. Publishing House, Nashville, TN (1901?-1905); The Christian Publishing Association, Dayton, OH (1906-1925?)

Westminster Lesson Cards (WLC) - Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, Philadelphia, PA (1902-1928?)

Bible Teacher Lesson Card (BTLC) - United Presbyterian Board of Publication, Pittsburgh, PA (1906-1909?)

Light And Life Lesson Pictures (LLLP) W.B. Rose, Chicago, IL (1908-1916?)

Group Little Bible Lesson Pictures (GLBLP) - Harris, Jones & Co., Providence, RI (1915?-1945?), Primary Bible Lesson Cards (PBLC) Religious Press, Providence, RI (1946-1947?)

Picture Talks For Little Ones (PTFLO) - Union Gospel Press, Cleveland, OH (1916?-1938); Our Bible Picture Talks (OBPT) - Gospel Union Press, Cleveland, OH (1938-1954?)

Acme Picture Lesson Cards (APLC) - Free Will Baptist Press, Ayden, NC (1919?-1953?)

Picture Lessons for Our Little Ones (PLFOLO) - Gospel Trumpet Co., Anderson, IN (1922?-1929?)

Bible Picture Card (BPC) - The Methodist Publishing House, Pierce & Washabaugh, Nashville, TN (1942?-1960?)

David C. Cook Publisher - Series & Dates

Illuminated Lessons (IL) (1879?-1894?)

Lesson Picture Cards (LPC) -(1895?-1931?)

Primary Lesson Picture Card (PLPC) - (1935-1936?)

Beginners Lesson Picture Card (BLPC) - (1904-1936?)

Sunday School Lesson Picture Cards (SSLPC) - Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, PA (1907?-1923?)

Bible Picture Cards (BPCs) - (1942?-1959?)

Other Lithographers & Publishers - Publishing Dates

Picture Lessons (PL) - American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA (1881?-1893?)

Picture Lesson Cards (PLCs) -The Sunday School Board of Southern Baptist Convention (1914?-1931?)

Bible Teacher Lesson Card (BTLC) - United Presbyterian Board of Publication, Pittsburgh, PA (1881?-1905) (1910?-1927?)

Little One's Quarterly (LOQ) - W.A. Wilde & Co., Boston, MA (1885?-1916?)

Westminster Lesson Card (WLC) - Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, Philadelphia, PA (1894-1901)

Picture And Question (PAQ) - American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA (1894?-1895?)

Reformed Lesson Card (RLC) - Board of Publication, Reformed Church In America (Jos. Lauber, Litho.) (1897 only)

Standard Primary Quarterly (SPQ) - Standard Publishing Co., Cincinnati, OH (1899?-1916?); Standard Picture Lesson Card (SPLC) - (1916?-1933?)

Sunrays (S) - The General Council Publication House, Philadelphia, PA (1900?-1919?) Sonnenfrahlen (Sg) - (1900?-1918?)

Illustrated Text Cards (ITC) - David C. Cook & Swedish Sunday School Society (1905?-1915)

Concordia Primary Leaflets (CPL) - Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO (1910-1917?); Concordia Sunday School Lessons (CSSL) - (1921?-?)

Bible Story Lesson Pictures (BSLP) - Eden Publishing House, St. Louis, MO (1915?-1917?)

Old Testament Picture Lesson Picture Cards (OTPLC) - Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, MN

Tiny Tots' Bible Pictures (TTBP) - Concoridia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO

Gospel Lesson Pictures (GLP) - Gospel Advocate Co. (1927?-1948?)

Picture Lesson Cards (PLCg) - Gospel Publishing House, Springfield, MO (1939-1941?); Primary Picture Cards (?1952-?)

Beginners' Lesson Pictures (BLP2) - Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, TN (1942 - ?)

Higley Picture Lesson Cards (HPLC) - Lambert Huffman Publishers, Winona Lake, IN (1952?-1963?)