Real Photo Post Cards "RPPC" Cooperstown's Centennial Celebrations on RPPC

In 1903 Kodak introduced the No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak Camera using No. 122 roll film. The camera was designed for postcard-size film, allowed the general public to take photographs and have them printed with postcard backs, using the same dimensions (3-1/2" x 5-1/2") as a standard postcards. The use of real photos change the postcard industry as many companies offered a higher quality post card. Now professional and amateur photographers were able to recorded the unique History of America. Most postcard makers are unknown, one known RPPC Cooperstown postcard producer in the late 1940's was Bob Wyer Post Cards. This collection of RPPC represents the Cavalcade of Baseball June,12th 1939.

RPPC were manufactured using photographic paper made by: AZO - photographic paper – (Kodak) 1925 - 1940s, DEFENDER - photographic paper – (Dupont) 1920 -1940s and KODAK 1940 – 1950s

AZO - paper type

Defender - paper type

Kodak - paper type