We hope the thought of one man's misery will not completely blight your Christmas. The Websters"" – Vintage Print
(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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Step back in time with We hope the thought of one man's misery will not completely blight your Christmas. The Websters"", a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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We hope the thought of one man's misery will not completely blight your Christmas. The Websters""
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Its title does the work: a greeting from the Websters asks the recipient to spare a thought for one man's misery, so the card pairs a tramp with the holiday rather than offering plain good cheer. Photomechanical reproduction with hand-applied watercolor let makers print cards in quantity while still adding color by hand, a common method for seasonal cards in the early twentieth century. The catalog dates the piece only to between 1916 and 1952, a span that takes in both the prosperous 1920s and the Depression, when tramps on the road were a familiar sight and a sharper social subject. Read that way, the joke carries a note of unease about who gets remembered at Christmas.
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photoreproduction with watercolor on bristol board ; 15 x 10 cm. (sheet) |
|---|---|
| Notes | [between 1916 and 1952] |
| Subjects | Christmas--1910-1960. Tramps--1910-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,007 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157358 |
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