Thanksgiving postcard with turkey, cherub and fruit – Vintage Print
(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 vintage postcard of Thanksgiving postcard with turkey, cherub and fruit. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Thanksgiving postcard with turkey, cherub and fruit
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A turkey takes center stage on this Thanksgiving postcard, shown with a chubby cherub and a spread of fruit in the foreground. Holiday postcards like this one were produced in large numbers in the early 1900s, when the picture postcard was at the height of its popularity as an inexpensive way to send greetings. Cards of this kind mixed the harvest bounty with festive sentiment, and the cherub, a common motif of the era, suggested blessings and good cheer. Looking closely, you can see how the illustrator leaned on decorative, sentimental imagery to make a holiday message feel warm and personal.
| Original scan | 502 × 815 px |
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| Reference | Thanksgiving (44) |
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