Thanksgiving Maskers – Antique Print
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Description
Thanksgiving Maskers comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Thanksgiving Maskers
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Masked figures in costume are the focus of this glass negative, a sign that the holiday was celebrated with more than a turkey dinner. Masquerading and house-to-house costume play had long been part of seasonal festivities in American towns, and by the 1910s Thanksgiving was a settled national holiday. The picture was made for Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold news and feature photographs to newspapers and magazines, so it was meant to be reproduced and seen by a wide public. Its informal, playful subject offers a glimpse of how ordinary people marked the holiday in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | c. 1910-1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | negative, glass, 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Notes | Bain News Service, publisher |
| Original scan | 2,423 × 1,940 px · prints to 8 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 29622u |
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