Stengel & Co

Stengel & Co was a Dresden-based German printing company, that in the first decade of the 20th century became the largest postcard manufacturer in the world.[1][2]

Millstatt am See, Austria, 1907 Stengel & Co postcard
Archway, London, Stengel & Co postcard, sent 1903/04

Stengel & Markert was founded in 1885 by Emil Stengel and Heinrich Markert after they bought the collotype printer, Scherer & Engler. In about 1889, Markert left to start his own printing business, and the company became Stengel & Co.[1]

References
  1. Alan Petrulis. "MetroPostcard List of Postcard Publishers S p3". Metropostcard.com. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. Antony Edmonds (4 December 2014). "Early Worthing postcards published by Stengel & Co of Dresden". Shoreham Herald. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

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