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A Joyful Easter postcard with chicks and egg – Historic Reproduction

A Joyful Easter postcard with chicks and egg — vintage postcard
A Joyful Easter postcard with chicks and egg. Vintage postcard from the Easter collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

A Joyful Easter postcard with chicks and egg comes to life in this vintage postcard, 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.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

A Joyful Easter postcard with chicks and egg

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Easter postcards like this one, with their cheerful chicks and a painted egg, were a popular way to send holiday wishes in the early twentieth century. Greeting cards of this kind usually paired a bright seasonal motif with a short printed message, so the sender could say hello without writing much at all. Small chicks and eggs had long stood for spring and new life in Easter imagery, and by the turn of the century color lithography had made such designs cheap to mass-produce. Looking closely, you can see how the artist arranged the soft pastel palette and the playful birds to give the card a gentle, nostalgic charm.

Original scan503 × 800 px
ReferenceEaster (325)

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