A Merry Christmas greeting card with girl and candle – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with A Merry Christmas greeting card with girl and candle, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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A Merry Christmas greeting card with girl and candle
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A Merry Christmas greeting card, with a young girl holding a lit candle, is a seasonal piece rather than a document of any particular place or event. Cards like this were widely mailed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when the printed Christmas card was becoming a common way to send holiday wishes. Candles were a traditional part of Christmas decoration and sentiment, and images of children with them were popular motifs. Filed under Food & Drink, the card's link to the table is indirect, so it is worth looking at the printed lettering and the way the scene is composed.
| Original scan | 826 × 533 px |
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| Reference | 217 |
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