Update of "French Sanke Cards"

[PropBlast]

After doing extensive research that follows on from this thread here - http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/me...postcards.html, I have come to the following conclusions and findings -

There are two main series "Nos As" and "Les As" and although nearly all the cards are by the French photographer Henri Manuel there are one or two that are not by him. For example the photograph of Fonck 313 in the "Nos As" series is by Reutlinger and is titled "Les As De As" but the number corresponds and fit in with the other series numbers. All very confusing I know!
The "Nos As" cards seem to be the lower numbers and the ones I can find are numbered from 268 - 319.
The "Les As" seem to be the higher numbers and the ones I can find are numbered from 715 - 743.
I can state now that there are sizeable gaps in the numbers so there must be many more out there but I have yet to find them so if anyone can help fill the gaps then please get in contact with me.

The following guide lists the aces and numbers in each series that I have found so far.

"Nos As"
Brocard - 315
Fonck - 313 (Reutlinger)
Heurteaux - 309
Jailler - 314
Madon - 319
Navarre - 296
Nungesser - 287
Tarascon - 311
Tenant De La Tour - 316
Vialet - 268

"Les As"
Brocard - 728
Chainet - 739
Coppens - 731
De Slade - 734
De Turenne - 737
Guerin - 727
Guynemer - 715 x 5 (Les As De As)
Fonck - 735 (Les As De As)
Heurtaux - 724
Madon - 732
Marinovitch - 730
Montrion - 741
Nogues - 743
Roekel - 736
Tarascon - 738
Vialet - 742

E. Le Deley
Dorme - AV7287
Joanies Sauvage - AVIA327
Tarascon - AV5319

Also through my research I have found other notable publishers and photographers that also produced ace postcards. The two I have come across most often are ELD (E. Le Deley) and Ajax but I have found the Ajax ones to be very rare on the ground and cannot find out anything about this photographer or publishing company.

I'm also going to include some background information on the photographers as I feel its important to know some of their background.

Henri Manuel
Paris
Henri Manuel (1874 - 1947) was a Parisian photographer who served as the official photographer of the French government from 1914 - 1944.
In 1900, Manuel opened a portrait studio in Paris with his brother Gaston, which specialised in portrait photography. Manuel quickly became renowned as a photographer of people from the worlds of politics, art and sports, as well as a photographer of art and architecture. Soon his portraits were used by news agencies, and in 1910 Maneul's studio began providing a commercial service to news agencies for photographs known as "l'Agence universelle de reportage Henri Manuel".
The studio became the largest photographic studio in Paris and a leading centre where young aspiring photographers such as Thérèse Bonney might go to work. In 1925, the brothers moved their business to 27 rue du Faubourg Montmartre, where they expanded their business into fashion photography for the likes of Chanel, Patou, Poiret and Lanvin. By 1941 the studio had produced over a million images, spread between fashion photographs, news agency photographs, personal portraits and other images.
The studio was shut down during the Second World War, and most of the photographic plates were destroyed. Some 500 survived, and ultimately passed into possession of the Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine.

Reutlinger
Charles Reutlinger (1816–1880)
Paris
German-born photographer, Charles Reutlinger, opened his Paris atelier in 1850. The beginning of the famous Reutlinger Photographe that would remain in operation until 1937. Charles belonged to an elite group of photographers who had studios on the boulevards ala mode and attracted many of the best known artists, scientists, musicians, actors, politicians and writers of his time.
His photographs were featured in the most prestigious newspapers and magazines. He joined The Society of French Photographers in 1862, which was organized to elevate photography to the recognized level of sculpture and painting. His chief competitors were Eugene Disderi, Gustave Gray, and the atelier of Bertsch & Arnaud.
His large group of carte de visite photographs depicting the elite of France were produced as set collectibles for the 1867 Exposition Universelle. Shortly before his death in April, 1880, Charles turned his business located at 21 Boulevard Montmarte over to his brother, Emile.
Emile Reutlinger's studio years were short as he turned the management of the business to his eldest son, Leopold in 1890. He is best known for his publication, "Le Panorama, bathing beauties" of 1896, and other early risqué photographs.

Leopold-Emile Reutlinger (1863–1937)
Paris
Leopold Reutlinger inherited a well-established clientele and elaborate studio and he adapted quickly to the wealthy socialites of Paris. His business thrived and by 1900 his business had far exceeded his uncles accomplishments. Leopold produced a number of images of performers, showgirls, and theatre stars. His cabinet cards are distinguished by name at top margin, REUTLINGER, and script signature at the bottom of the card. His photographs often appeared in publications and he expanded the business to include postcards. By age 30, Leopold was wealthy and highly regarded in the City of Paris. His creativity is shown by postcard images which merge portraits with fantasy art nouveau windows and borders. Many of these postcard images were hand-colored and made a huge profit for the Reutlinger Studio.
Leopold was forced into retirement in 1930 after he was blinded in one eye by a champagne cork. He died in Paris at the age of 74 on 16 March, 1937.

ELD
E. Le Deley (1900-1930)
Paris, France
Photographer Ernest Louis Desire Le Deley was a major publisher of heliotype
postcards around a wide variety of subjects from art cards to views of France and North Africa, and propaganda. The Deley family were well known throughout France for their publishing work. Deley produced a noted set of black & white postcards documenting the Western Front of the First World War. While most of these images were reproduced photographically there were also cards of illustrated battle scenes. These cards were printed with both French and English text to appeal to the many British but especially American soldiers fighting in France. Many of these cards were printed after the war. The firm went bankrupt in 1930.

[PropBlast]

I have uploaded the two main series of postcards on here for peoples viewing pleasure and I shall be uploading other ones shortly -

Nos As - http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/me...-pictures.html

Les As - http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/me...postcards.html

I hopes this helps people out in their quest as I hope people will help me.

[Ritterton]

What an awesome resource you provided us. THANK YOU!

[Bettors Pub]

Very nice .... thank you for sharing. Please PM me and I will send you scan for Roland Garros

[Gregvan]

Dear Propblast,

Thanks so much for assembling all of this great information, and the postcards!

[Kirk R. Lowry]

Bonjour Prop_Blast!

A most interesting subject and most appreciated research.

Salut et merci!
Kirk

[PropBlast]

Originally Posted by Bettors Pub

Very nice .... thank you for sharing. Please PM me and I will send you scan for Roland Garros

Many thanks. Look forward to receiving it the scan. Also if anyone has a scan of the following card it would be very useful to my work - Willy Coppens - 731

Also according to this thread - http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/me...nke-cards.html Count Holck does indeed have one of Rene Dorme. I will have to investigate further to see if it part of the Nos As or Les As series.

[PropBlast]

As for some reason I'm unable to edit my original post I shall add the others I have just found here -

ELD +
Alphonse Flavian Poiree
Guynemer

Dix -
Nungesser

Ajax -
Nungesser