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[Christmas at Cafe Spaander] – Antique Wall Art

[Christmas at Cafe Spaander] — historic drawing
[Christmas at Cafe Spaander]. Historic drawing from the Sailing & Yachts collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic drawing of [Christmas at Cafe Spaander] brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Christmas at Cafe Spaander]

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Christmas at Cafe Spaander" is set in a café during the holiday season, so the scene centers on a gathering of men marking the occasion together rather than on a street or landmark. The drawing appeared in *Scribner's Magazine* in 1902, a monthly that carried illustrated fiction, essays and travel writing to a broad American readership. Watercolor was a popular choice for magazine illustration of the period, since its soft washes could be adapted for reproduction. The subject also reflects the early 1900s interest in men's social life, when cafés and taverns served as common places for informal companionship.

Medium1 drawing : watercolor.
GenreScribner's magazine
Notes[1902]
SubjectsMen--Social life--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,458 × 1,172 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216980

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