Hoyt's A Midnight Bell: The School-Committee-Man's Welcome – Historic Reproduction
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Hoyt's A Midnight Bell: The School-Committee-Man's Welcome comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Hoyt's A Midnight Bell: The School-Committee-Man's Welcome
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This picture's title names a local figure, the school-committee-man, and a midnight bell, which together point to a holiday scene built on a visit or greeting at the stroke of twelve. Its humorous tone is typical of the Christmas and New Year illustrations that circulated widely in the nineteenth century, when comic treatments of everyday civic life and domestic celebration were especially popular. Look closely at the expressions and gestures, which carry much of the joke, and at the household details that show how a community official might be received in a home on a winter night.
| Original scan | 1,995 × 2,612 px · prints to 7 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 0817u |
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