Home to Thanksgiving – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Home to Thanksgiving, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. 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.
Home to Thanksgiving
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A family gathering at the dinner table, with the homecoming itself carrying the story. The title "Home to Thanksgiving" points to a familiar American ritual, in which people travel back to their hometowns for the holiday meal. Holiday scenes like this became especially popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when magazines and illustrators depicted domestic comfort as a shared national ideal. Paintings and prints of the period often used such gatherings to suggest unity, gratitude and the importance of family ties. Look closely at the faces, setting and food to see how the artist builds that warmth.
| Original scan | 8,991 × 6,062 px · prints to 30 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00780u |
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