Uncle Sam with turkey, Thanksgiving Greetings postcard – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Uncle Sam with turkey, Thanksgiving Greetings postcard, a vintage postcard rich in period detail. 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. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Uncle Sam with turkey, Thanksgiving Greetings postcard
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Uncle Sam shows up here as a holiday host, carving a roast turkey at the center of the card, which sets it apart from the flag-draped soldiers and eagles that dominate many patriotic postcards. Cards like this were printed in large numbers in the early 1900s, when American postcards were a cheap, popular way to send seasonal wishes. Pairing the national personification with a Thanksgiving feast tied the holiday to a sense of shared national identity. Notice how the figure's stars-and-stripes trousers and goatee make him instantly recognizable even at a small size.
| Original scan | 1,557 × 2,400 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Thanksgiving (20) |
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