The Centennial Christmas. A Boy's Ballad. – Antique Print
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The Centennial Christmas. A Boy's Ballad. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Centennial Christmas. A Boy's Ballad.
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Published in *Harper's Weekly* on January 6, 1877, this wood engraving illustrates a holiday ballad titled "The Centennial Christmas," told from a boy's point of view. The piece ties the Christmas season to the nation's hundredth birthday, and its catalog tracings point back to December 1776 and the winter of 1777, when the Continental Army endured hard months at Valley Forge. The record also links the subject to veterans, a reminder that many former soldiers were still living with memories of the Revolution in 1877. Holiday pages that mixed verse and illustration were a common way for the weekly to frame national anniversaries for family readers.
| Created / published | 1877 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Page of text and 3 wood engravings. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1877 Jan. 6, p. 4. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Holidays--Christmas. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: U.S. Hist.--Dec. 1776; U.S. Hist.--Winter 1777; Holidays--Christmas; Veterans; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,178 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133687 |
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