[Christmas celebrations] – Historic Reproduction
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(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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[Christmas celebrations] comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Pen and ink drawings like this one, catalogued simply as Christmas celebrations, offer a glimpse of how the holiday was marked between about 1900 and 1925. The record places the work in that span and files it under customs of the period, so the scene likely reflects everyday rituals rather than a single named event. Across those decades, Christmas in America was becoming a more settled, home-centered holiday, with decorated evergreen trees, gift exchange, and family gatherings growing more common in towns and cities alike. Fine linework like this was a popular way for illustrators of the time to record such domestic scenes.
| Medium | 1 drawing : pen and ink. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [between 1900 and 1925] |
| Subjects | Christmas--1900-1930. Manners & customs--1900-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 964 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170077 |
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