Old Officer's Club AKA Pacific Club Hawaii Illustration-Tucks #2712 Postcard-H4

Description

Painterly illustration of scene in Old Honolulu. Titled; Officer's Club.
Published by Tuck's of London.
The featured building was also the original location of the Pacific Club. The Pacific Club relocated to Emma Street at a later date, where it remains to this day.
Tuck's e
stablished
a world-wide
reputation
as a top notch postcard publisher. They were
particularly
known for their work with accomplished and popular (fine) artists of the day.  Other publishers of the period mostly worked with photographs.
Tucks published about 20 postcards in their Hawaii grouping. They used same series number on different images. They published about 3 different Hawaii Series.
Dates to 1910
See Wikipedia-for a nice background posting. Here's an excerpt:
Raphael Tuck & Sons
was a business started by Raphael Tuck and his wife in Bishopsgate in the City of London
in October 1866
selling pictures and greeting cards, and eventually postcards
, which was their most successful line. Their business was one of the best known in the "postcard boom" of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Their contributions left a lasting effect on most of the artistic world. During the Blitz
the company headquarters, Raphael House, was destroyed including the originals for most of their series. The company never fully recovered.
CONDITION: Fine. Antique. Mailed. Invisible (light) crease left edge.
SIZE: aprox 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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