Santa Claus postcard reading 'A Jolly Christmas To You' – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage postcard of Santa Claus postcard reading 'A Jolly Christmas To You'. 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. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. 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.
Santa Claus postcard reading 'A Jolly Christmas To You'
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Santa Claus is the whole subject here, and the card's printed greeting, "A Jolly Christmas To You," shows how the image was meant to be read: as a cheerful holiday wish sent through the mail. Holiday postcards like this one became popular in the United States in the early 1900s, when cheap color printing and a reliable postal system let people send inexpensive cards to family and friends. Santa's image was still being standardized then, and many artists drew on the red-coated, jolly figure that had grown familiar through magazine illustrations and advertising. Cards like this one are worth noticing for how they helped fix that picture of Santa in American households.
| Original scan | 1,350 × 2,192 px · prints to 4 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 100 (395) |
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