Thanksgiving Greetings postcard with a chef tasting from a spoon – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
This rare vintage postcard captures Thanksgiving Greetings postcard with a chef tasting from a spoon in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. 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.
Thanksgiving Greetings postcard with a chef tasting from a spoon
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A chef leans over a steaming pot and tastes from a wooden spoon, a small comic moment that makes this card stand out from the turkeys and cornucopias that fill most holiday postcards. Thanksgiving postcards like this one were popular in the early twentieth century, when printers mass-produced cheerful illustrations that families mailed to relatives and friends around the holiday. Cards of this kind often played on the pleasures of the meal itself, with food, cooks and abundance as the main themes. Its appeal lies in the humor of the cook's sly taste test, which turns the familiar holiday feast into a light-hearted scene.
| Original scan | 1,024 × 668 px |
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| Reference | 2007091072_323a172ae5_b |
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