Christmas Wishes postcard: Santa Claus with bell and reindeer – Antique Wall Art
(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 Christmas Wishes postcard: Santa Claus with bell and reindeer, 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. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. 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.
Christmas Wishes postcard: Santa Claus with bell and reindeer
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Santa Claus stands at the center of this postcard, ringing a handbell while a reindeer waits beside him, a pairing that turns up often in holiday cards of the early twentieth century. Postcards like this one were produced in large numbers for the Christmas season, when people mailed greetings across towns and countries and expected the picture to carry as much sentiment as the printed words. The bell and the reindeer signal the sleigh-and-gift-giving story that had by then become the standard American and European image of Santa, so the card works as both a seasonal greeting and a snapshot of how that figure was being pictured for the public.
| Original scan | 1,498 × 2,400 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | VIC4729 |
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