Children kissing on hand-colored 'Bonne Année' New Year postcard – Historic Print
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A window into the past: Children kissing on hand-colored 'Bonne Année' New Year postcard, preserved in this vintage postcard. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Children kissing on hand-colored 'Bonne Année' New Year postcard
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Here a pair of children share a kiss on a hand-colored postcard wishing the viewer a happy new year in French. That detail sets it apart from the board's Valentine's Day sweethearts: the card belongs to New Year greetings, not February romance, and the sentiment is affectionate rather than courtly. Cards of this kind, with sentimental children and tinted colors, were widely mailed in Europe around the turn of the twentieth century, when color lithography and hand finishing made inexpensive greetings popular. Their cheerful, sweet imagery explains why such scenes later drifted into Valentine's Day collections.
| Original scan | 514 × 809 px |
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| Reference | Img130 |
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