Albert G. Valdeavellano published postcards
under several variations of his name. The haunting real photo in bluetone on this
web site's title page is signed Fernández,
perhaps the partner in Fernández-Valdeavellano Foto, whose known postmarks
date from 1903. The firm's earliest postcards were lithographs printed in Europe
from black and white photographs. Only an address could be written on their
undivided backs, and limited space was provided on the front of the cards for writing a
message. Later Valdeavellano postcards, whose known postmarks date from 1907 to
1913, lack Fernández' name. Printed on a divided back, the image fills the face of
the card in tones of either brown, blue, grey, green, or even rainbow.