To Roast ATurkey – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
To Roast ATurkey comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. 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.
To Roast ATurkey
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A turkey being carved at the table is the focus here, with the title "To Roast a Turkey" pointing to the cookery instruction that often accompanied such scenes in early twentieth-century American print culture. Thanksgiving had become a fixed national holiday by the late 1800s, and magazines and household manuals of the period regularly paired holiday menus with illustrated step-by-step guidance for the centerpiece bird. Images like this one reflect how the roast turkey came to symbolize the family feast, and they offer a glimpse of the domestic routines and kitchen expectations of the time.
| Original scan | 1,650 × 948 px · prints to 6 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | ToRoastATurkey |
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