Happy Christmas postcard with two spaniel dogs and holly – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare vintage postcard captures Happy Christmas postcard with two spaniel dogs and holly in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Happy Christmas postcard with two spaniel dogs and holly
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Two spaniels peer out of a holly wreath on this Christmas postcard, a pairing that sets it apart from the many greeting cards of its era that featured children, snow scenes, or robins. Holiday postcards like this one became popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when improved printing methods made color illustration cheap enough for mass circulation and the postal service made sending cards easy. Pet animals were a common sentimental motif in these designs, and dogs in particular signaled loyalty and the warmth of the household. Notice how the holly and the dogs' expressions carry the greeting, leaving the printed message to do the rest.
| Original scan | 827 × 532 px |
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| Reference | 243 |
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