• Shaker Museum Auburn Kentucky Sisters Workroom Chrome Postcard Front
  • Shaker Museum Auburn Kentucky Trestle Table Chrome Postcard Front
  • Shaker Museum Auburn Kentucky Sisters Retiring Room Chrome Postcard Front
  • Shaker Museum Auburn Kentucky Office Clock and Chair Chrome Postcard Front
  • Shaker Museum Auburn Kentucky Sisters Workroom Chrome Postcard Front and Back
  • Shaker Museum Auburn Kentucky Trestle Table Chrome Postcard Front and Back
  • Shaker Museum Auburn Kentucky Sisters Retiring Room Chrome Postcard Front and Back
  • Shaker Museum Auburn Kentucky Office Clock and Tilting Chair Chrome Postcard Front and Back
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Pictorial Publishers | W. Ray Scott

Shaker Museum Auburn Kentucky | Vintage Chrome Postcards (Sold Choice)

Shaker Museum Auburn Kentucky | Vintage Chrome Postcards (Sold Choice)

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AT A GLANCE

Publisher:
Pictorial Publishers, Cave City, Kentucky
Type:
Standard Size Postcard (3 ½” x 5 ½”)
Subject:
Shaker Museum
Style:
Documentary, museum collections
Circa:
1970s
Print type:
Photochrome print
Condition:
Excellent (EX)
Color:
Glossy
Postcard:
Chrome
Photographer:
W. Ray Scott
Location:
Auburn, Kentucky, USA
Postmark:
Unposted | Unused

Vintage chrome‑era postcards from the Shaker Museum in Auburn, Kentucky, each featuring historically accurate interiors, furnishings, and tools made and used by the Shaker community. Photographed by W. Ray Scott and published by Pictorial Publishers, these cards document the clean lines, functional craftsmanship, and distinctive material culture that define Shaker design. Subjects include the Office Clock and Tilting Chair, the Sisters’ Work Room, the Trestle Dining Table with early chairs and food safe, and the Sisters’ Retiring Room with its original hog‑hair mattress.

All postcards are unposted, well‑preserved, and arrive in protective sleeves. Ideal for collectors of Shaker furniture, American communal history, museum interiors, and mid‑century documentary photography. Sold individually.

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Shaker Sisters' Workroom

  • Handicrafts, spinning wheel, Shaker desk, baskets
  • KPP-52 | S-41136

Shaker Trestle Table

  • Trestle table, early chairs, dough bowl, tin‑door food safe in original red paint
  • KPP-53 | S-41137

Shaker Sisters' Retiring Room

  • Single bed with original hog‑hair mattress, tall chest, wood stove
  • KPP-54 | S-41138

Shaker Office Clock & Tilting Chair

  • Furniture pieces made and used by the Shaker community
  • KPP-51 | S-41135

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Postcard Eras & Collecting Guide

  • Real Photo Postcards (c. 1890–1945)

    Early printed lithographs and Real Photo Postcards (RPPC) offer rich historical detail, documenting towns, events, family portraits, and everyday life. Disaster postcards depicting floods, fires, train wrecks, and other catastrophic events, were a popular way to share news as photographs could quickly be turned into postcards. Many RPPCs are scarce and unique due to their small‑batch production.

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  • Pre-Linen Litho & Linen Postcards (c. 1907–1950)

    Pre‑Linen Litho cards (c. 1907–1929) were printed using smooth chromolithography and tinted halftone methods, producing soft, painterly views before the textured linen era. Linen postcards (c. 1930s–1950s) introduced high–rag‑content paper with a woven surface and bold saturated colors that reflected the optimism postwar travel culture. Together, these eras showcase the shift from early color printing.

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  • Chrome Postcards (c.1939–)

    Chrome postcards, introduced in 1939, feature glossy surfaces, vivid color, and photographic imagery made possible by modern color film processes. The term “chrome” derives from Kodachrome, Eastman Kodak’s groundbreaking color film. Mid‑century examples depicting motels, highways, city skylines, national parks, and tourist destinations are collected for their documentation of postwar American travel and roadside culture.

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