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Welcome Easter Morn greeting card with violets and cross – Antique Wall Art

Welcome Easter Morn greeting card with violets and cross — historic image
Welcome Easter Morn greeting card with violets and cross. Historic image from the Easter collection.

(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 historic image of Welcome Easter Morn greeting card with violets and cross. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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.

Welcome Easter Morn greeting card with violets and cross

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Easter greeting cards like this one, with a cross set among violets, belong to a long Victorian and early twentieth-century tradition of sending small printed or chromolithographed cards to mark religious holidays. Violets were a favorite motif of the period, prized as early spring blooms that signaled renewal, and pairing them with a cross ties the flower's seasonal meaning to the resurrection story. Cards of this kind were often exchanged among family and friends, and the wording "Welcome Easter Morn" reflects the sentimental, greeting-style language common on holiday cards of the time.

Original scan527 × 816 px
ReferenceEaster (18)

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