Pilgrim figures walking a shore path, one carrying a musket – Historic Reproduction
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This rare historic image captures Pilgrim figures walking a shore path, one carrying a musket in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Pilgrim figures walking a shore path, one carrying a musket
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Pilgrim figures stride along a shore path with one man carrying a musket, a detail that signals the settlers' need for defense as much as their devotion. The Plymouth colonists who gathered for the 1621 harvest feast lived under the constant threat of conflict with neighboring Native nations and of hardship at sea and on land. Artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries often placed armed men in such scenes to suggest the frontier character of the colony, shaping a national story of thanks and self-reliance. Looking closely, the musket reminds viewers that the modern holiday was built on an earlier, more uneasy history.
| Original scan | 2,493 × 1,622 px · prints to 8 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 9 |
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