Snapshots of the Past

Thanksgiving – Vintage Wall Art

Thanksgiving — historic image
Thanksgiving. Historic image from the Thanksgiving collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This historic image of Thanksgiving brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving postcards were a staple of the early twentieth century, when the holiday was still gaining its fixed place on the national calendar. Picture postcards of this kind were mass-produced and mailed cheaply, so they reached households across the country and often carried the sentiments of the day in a few brief lines. The card titled simply "Thanksgiving" belongs to that tradition of seasonal illustration, where harvest bounty, autumn colors, and family gatherings were used to express gratitude and goodwill. Its popularity reflects how the holiday was being shaped into a shared national ritual.

Original scan960 × 720 px
ReferenceThanksgiving (248)

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