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Antique Photo Print - What's so funny - Great Gift for History Buffs – Historic Photograph Print

Antique Photo Print - What's so funny - Great Gift for History Buffs — historic print
Antique Photo Print - What's so funny - Great Gift for History Buffs. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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

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Antique Photo Print - What's so funny - Great Gift for History Buffs

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The record title, "What's so funny," is the only detail that sets this picture apart, and it suggests a lighthearted scene, though no maker, location, or date is given. Humorous genre images like this were common in American print culture from the late 1800s into the early 1900s, when inexpensive reproduction and popular illustrated magazines spread comic scenes, caricatures, and everyday amusements to wide audiences. Pictures of this kind often show the manners, fashions, and social habits of their day, so they can be valued as much for what they reveal about ordinary life as for their humor.

SubjectsHistoric Print Archive
Original scan1,155 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156422

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