Angel child with banner reading A Merry Christmas – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Angel child with banner reading A Merry Christmas, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Angel child with banner reading A Merry Christmas
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A cherub-faced child with a banner reading "A Merry Christmas" sets this picture apart from the usual angel scenes in its gallery group, since the greeting is spelled out in plain words rather than implied by setting alone. Christmas cards of this kind were popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when printers turned out large runs of sentimental holiday images with winged children, garlands, and printed mottoes. Pictures like this were meant to be tucked into letters, pinned to mantels, or exchanged among friends, and their sweet, idealized figures reflect the era's fondness for angels as symbols of innocence and goodwill.
| Original scan | 806 × 528 px |
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| Reference | Angels106 |
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