[Christmas Eve in colonial times] – Historic Print
![[Christmas Eve in colonial times], c1892 Sept. 2. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/58/58480cd4340c-L.webp)
(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 rare historic print captures [Christmas Eve in colonial times] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Christmas Eve in colonial times]
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Deposited for U.S. copyright in September 1892, this print shows Christmas Eve as its maker imagined it in the colonial past, a subject that drew steady interest in the late nineteenth century as Americans looked back to their origins. The record links the work to a James S. King through a shelflist card, though that attribution is unverified. Colonial Christmas customs varied widely by region: Puritan New England had discouraged holiday observance for much of the seventeenth century, while Dutch and English settlements elsewhere kept more festive traditions. Images like this one helped shape the cozy, hearth-centered Christmas that became familiar in American culture.
| Created / published | c1892 Sept. 2. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | X38749 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: King, James S. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,046 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111253 |
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