Boys gather around a Santa Claus figure outside a house – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Boys gather around a Santa Claus figure outside a house in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Boys gather around a Santa Claus figure outside a house
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Two boys stand close to a Santa Claus figure set up outside a house, a detail that places the scene in the outdoor holiday displays common in the early to mid twentieth century, when front-yard decorations were becoming a familiar part of American Christmas. Figures like this one were often homemade or assembled from store-bought parts, and they usually appeared near porches or along walkways to welcome neighbors and passersby. The picture is a useful record of how families marked the season in public view, and it shows the playful, informal side of holiday celebration before elaborate lighting displays became widespread.
| Original scan | 1,966 × 1,512 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 25177u |
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