DIED A PAUPER
INVENTOR OP THE PICTURE POSTCARD PASSES AWAY IN GARRET Australian and N.Z. Cable. BERLIN, October 1. Ludwig Zreuner, father of the picture postcard of to-day, had a pauper’s funeral at Munich. Zrenner died unknown and utterly forgotten in a garret in a slum of the city to which, in the early ’seventies, he had brought fame by his invention. Zrenner was a young lithographer at Nuremburg. He hit on the brilliant idea which has since brought joy to countless tourists. He brought out the world’s first series of picture postcards on May 1, 1872. The idea caught on with marvellous rapidity, spreading throughout the world. Zrenner prospered and retired at GO, but in the inflation of the mark he lost the whole of his fortune.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WHDT19291003.2.15
Bibliographic details
Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7910, 3 October 1929, Page 2
Word Count
128DIED A PAUPER Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7910, 3 October 1929, Page 2
Using This Item
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in