Thanksgiving Maskers – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
This historic photograph of Thanksgiving Maskers brings a moment of history to your wall. 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. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Thanksgiving Maskers
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Costumed figures in masks are what set this glass negative apart from the board's usual turkey-and-table scenes. Made around 1910 to 1915 by Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied news and feature photographs to newspapers, it records a custom more often associated with Halloween or the New Year than with the harvest holiday. Masking and mumming traditions, carried over from older European customs, let neighbors play at being someone else for a while. The 5 x 7 inch glass plate format was a common size for the agency's work of that era.
| Created / published | c. 1910-1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | negative, glass, 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Notes | Bain News Service, publisher |
| Original scan | 1,985 × 1,441 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 10011u |
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