Santa Claus With Christmas Toys on a Sled Drawn by White Turkeys – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Santa Claus With Christmas Toys on a Sled Drawn by White Turkeys comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Santa Claus With Christmas Toys on a Sled Drawn by White Turkeys
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In this c1909 print, Santa Claus rides a sled loaded with toys, but the team pulling it is a flock of white turkeys rather than reindeer, a playful swap that would have drawn a smile from holiday viewers. The copyright credit names Schrader & Dennis of Three Oaks, Michigan, a small village in the southwest part of the state, suggesting a local studio that produced staged novelty scenes of this kind. Around the turn of the 20th century, staged Christmas pictures and holiday postcards often used humor and farm animals to make the season feel familiar and cheerful. The catalog data comes from an old caption card and has not been verified, so the photographer's exact role and the scene's setup remain uncertain.
| Created / published | c. 1909 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photographic print |
| Notes | Photo copyrighted by Schrader & Dennis, Three Oaks, Mich |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,860 × 1,457 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138135 |
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