[Toys for Christmas] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Toys for Christmas], Cincinnati ; New York : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/06/0667c32b5ab5-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of [Toys for Christmas]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. 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.
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A commercial poster rather than a fine-art print, this color lithograph from about 1898 was made to sell toys during the holiday season. Strobridge Lithographing Company, which worked in Cincinnati and New York, was one of the largest American firms producing chromolithographed advertising, and its shops supplied bright posters to merchants across the country. By the late 1890s, factory-made toys were becoming more common, and holiday shopping was increasingly organized around department stores and catalogs. Images like this one helped tie Christmas to the idea of buying gifts for children.
| Created / published | Cincinnati ; New York : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements American 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Children & toys--1890-1900. Christmas--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 807 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112278 |
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