A Merry Christmas postcard with poinsettias and snowy cottage – 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 A Merry Christmas postcard with poinsettias and snowy cottage. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful 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.
A Merry Christmas postcard with poinsettias and snowy cottage
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A Merry Christmas postcard framed by red poinsettias and a snow-covered cottage belongs to the holiday card boom that took hold in the early twentieth century, when printers turned out cheap, colorful greetings by the millions. Cards like this one were mailed between family and friends, often with a few handwritten lines on the back, so they show what people considered the look of a proper Christmas: a warm light in the window, a quiet village under snow, and the bright red blooms that were then becoming a common seasonal decoration. Worth noticing is the lithographed color work, which gave the flat printed surfaces a glow that photographs of the period could not easily match.
| Original scan | 2,400 × 1,510 px · prints to 8 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 100 (625) |
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