Your Fortune Postcards by Joseph Welch and Sons
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When the postcard craze took hold, around 1905, Joseph Welch and Sons entered that field and added a limited range of topical cards, such as "Proverbs" (very similar to modern memes) and fortune telling cards. The company's early coloured cards were produced in Belgium and in Germany, utilizing a "Trichromatic" process that resulted in a limited pallet of pastel tones. The numbering system on JWS cards was illogical and chaotic, with some cards double-numbered, but for the collectors among us, i have included the numbers here. | When the postcard craze took hold, around 1905, Joseph Welch and Sons entered that field and added a limited range of topical cards, such as "Proverbs" (very similar to modern memes) and fortune telling cards. The company's early coloured cards were produced in Belgium and in Germany, utilizing a "Trichromatic" process that resulted in a limited pallet of pastel tones. The numbering system on JWS cards was illogical and chaotic, with some cards double-numbered, but for the collectors among us, i have included the numbers here. | ||
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== Tea Leaf Reading == | == Tea Leaf Reading == | ||
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[[File:Your-Fortune-Tea-Leaves-Foretells-a-letter-JWS-22.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Your Fortune postcard by Joseph Welch and Sons, circa 1907, series JWS-22, tea leaf reading. The caption reads, "Foretells a letter which contains a proposal; you will accept & good fortune will follow you." ]] | [[File:Your-Fortune-Tea-Leaves-Foretells-a-letter-JWS-22.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Your Fortune postcard by Joseph Welch and Sons, circa 1907, series JWS-22, tea leaf reading. The caption reads, "Foretells a letter which contains a proposal; you will accept & good fortune will follow you." ]] | ||
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== Card Reading == | == Card Reading == | ||
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+ | [[File:Your Fortune-Cartomancy-Yes-Marry-Him-and Have-No-FearJWS-11.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Your Fortune postcard by Joseph Welch and Sons, circa 1907, series JWS-22, cartomancy. The caption reads,Yes, marry him xxx]] | ||
== Palm Reading == | == Palm Reading == | ||
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Revision as of 06:18, 31 October 2020
The series of fortune teller cards titled "Your Fortune" all bear the publisher's initials "JWS" on the front, followed by a number. JWS stood for Joseph Welch and Sons, a photographic publisher Portsmouth, England, from from 1864 to 1936. Joseph and his three sons, Horace, Ernest, and Claude, published nearly 4000 postcards. Most of these were view cards depicting scenic locations in the south of England and the Channel Islands.
When the postcard craze took hold, around 1905, Joseph Welch and Sons entered that field and added a limited range of topical cards, such as "Proverbs" (very similar to modern memes) and fortune telling cards. The company's early coloured cards were produced in Belgium and in Germany, utilizing a "Trichromatic" process that resulted in a limited pallet of pastel tones. The numbering system on JWS cards was illogical and chaotic, with some cards double-numbered, but for the collectors among us, i have included the numbers here.
Your-Fortune-Cartomancy-You-Will-Marry-A-Partner-JWS-3.jpg Your-Fortune-Palmistry-What-You-Desire-JWS-4.jpg Your-Fortune-Palmistry-This Crooked-Line-Tells-You-True-JWS-9.jpg Your-Fortune-Wheel-of-Fortune-Tonight-If-You-Are-Asked-JWS-10.jpg Your Fortune-Cartomancy-Yes-Marry-Him-and Have-No-Fear-JWS-11.jpg Your-Fortune-Wheel-of-Fortune-To-Get-a-Husband-JWS-18.jpg Your-Fortune-Wheel-of-Fortune-If-To-Say-Yes-JWS-20.jpg Your-Fortune-Tea Leaves-A-New-Lover-JWS-21.jpg Your-Fortune-Tea Leaves-Foretells a letter-JWS-22.jpg Your-Fortune-Tea Leaves-A-Disappointment-in-Love-JWS-25.jpg
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Tea Leaf Reading
Your-Fortune-Tea Leaves-A-new-lover-JWS-21-02.jpg Your-Fortune-Tea Leaves-A-new-lover-JWS-21.jpg Your-Fortune-Tea Leaves-Foretells a letter-JWS-22.jpg Your-Fortune-Tea Leaves-A-disappointment-in-love-JWS-25
Card Reading
Palm Reading
Your-Fortune-Palmistry-This crooked-line-tells-you-true-JWS-9.jpg Your-Fortune-Palmistry-This-crooked-line-tells-you-true-JWS-9-02.jpg Your-Fortune-Palmistry-What-You-Desire-JWS-00.jpg
AWAITING IMAGE: Your-Fortune-Palmistry-What-you-desire-you-will-shortly-obtain-JWS-4
The Wheel of Fortune
Your-Fortune-Wheel-of-Fortune-If-To-Say-Yes-JWS-20.jpg Your-Fortune-Wheel-of-Fortune-To-Get-a-Husband-JWS-00.jpg
AWAITING IMAGE: Your-Fortune Wheel of Fortune-To-get-a-husband-A-Happy-New-Year-JWS-18