Christmas Celebration, 1917 – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Christmas Celebration, 1917 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Christmas Celebration, 1917
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Santa Claus and an airplane share the frame in this 1917 Christmas scene, a pairing that suggests how the holiday was marked in military settings that year. The United States had entered the First World War in April 1917, and the Army's Quartermaster Corps, which handled supplies and equipment for the troops, produced this print. Aviation was a new and closely watched field at the time, so seeing an aircraft beside the traditional gift-bringer is worth noticing as a sign of wartime concerns meeting holiday cheer.
| Created / published | c. 1917 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Photo by U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. No. 1131 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,873 × 1,500 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148287 |
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