Cliff House from Ocean Beach
Edward Mitchell often reused a stock number for a postcard showing a different image (sometimes even showing a different subject), as well as producing variant versions using a given image. The seven Cliff House cards on this page are all Mitchell 40, but they display three different images. An earlier Mitchell 40 PMC displays yet another Cliff House image.
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- Mitchell 40 has an undivided back, so it dates from 1907 or earlier. It displays a different image than the other cards on this page.
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These Mitchell 40 variants all use a popular image © 1902 by Charles Weidner. Cliff House from Ocean Beach shows cards from many other publishers using the same image.
- Mitchell 40, postmarked 5/22/1903, undivided back. An earlier example is postmarked 10/29/1902.
- Mitchell 40, postmarked 11/18/1903, undivided back.
- Mitchell 40, postmarked SF 10/16/1905, undivided back.
- Mitchell 40, postmarked SF 7/20/1908, image recropped, no white border, divided back.
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On these cards, an artist-modified image replaces Cliff House #3 with Cliff House #4; see Cliff House from Ocean Beach.
- Mitchell 40, postmarked SF 1/12/1910. Pacific Novelty 40 uses the identical front image, stock number, and caption.
- Mitchell 40, same caption/image/stock number but different coloring and caption font.
In summary, this page shows seven Michell 40 variants:
- Mitchell 40: not Weidner 1 image, unused, divided back.
- Mitchell 40: Weidner 1 image, postmarked 5/22/1903, undivided back, soft edge border.
- Mitchell 40: Weidner 1 image, postmarked 11/18/1903, undivided back, soft edge border; almost identical to the preceding.
- Mitchell 40: Weidner 1 image, postmarked 10/16/1905, undivided back.
- Mitchell 40: Weidner 1 image, postmarked 7/20/1908, divided back.
- Mitchell 40: modified Weidner 1 image, postmarked 1/12/1910, divided back.
- Mitchell 40: modified Weidner 1 image, unused, divided back.
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