The Thanksgiving turkey / Alfcamp, Elizabeth, N.J. – Antique 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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Step back in time with The Thanksgiving turkey / Alfcamp, Elizabeth, N.J., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Thanksgiving turkey / Alfcamp, Elizabeth, N.J.
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Titled simply *The Thanksgiving turkey*, this cabinet card was made by the Alfcamp studio in Elizabeth, New Jersey, around 1900. It shows a holiday meal at its center, with the bird and the cooking that went into it as the focus. The record ties the scene to African American domestic life, a subject that appeared less often in commercial photography of the period than studio portraits did. Cabinet cards, mounted on stiff card stock, were the standard format for studio portraits and staged scenes from the 1880s into the early 1900s. The copyright notation on the card indicates the maker registered the image, which suggests it was meant for sale or wider circulation.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on cabinet card. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900. |
| Notes | 6986 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 998. |
| Subjects | African Americans--Domestic life--1900. Thanksgiving Day--1900. Cookery--1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,000 × 1,231 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177146 |
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