A Happy New Year greeting postcard with bell and mistletoe – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
Step back in time with A Happy New Year greeting postcard with bell and mistletoe, a vintage postcard rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
A Happy New Year greeting postcard with bell and mistletoe
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Bells and mistletoe frame this greeting, though the card's record places it under Valentine's Day and Victorian couples, a pairing that tells you as much about how these cards were used as about the holiday printed on them. Postcards like this one, with their embossed or chromolithographed motifs, became hugely popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when printers mass-produced cheap cards that people mailed across town or across the country. Mistletoe, a traditional symbol of romance, let a sender signal affection while still keeping the greeting light enough for a public postcard. It is worth noticing how small the message space is, which forced writers into brief, affectionate phrases.
| Original scan | 518 × 803 px |
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| Reference | Img47 |
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