The beggar boy's Thanksgiving – Historic Reproduction
(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 beggar boy's Thanksgiving, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The beggar boy's Thanksgiving
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The title "The beggar boy's Thanksgiving" sets this stereograph apart from the usual holiday views, pointing to a story about poverty at a time of plenty. The card dates to about 1871 and is credited to Weller as its stereo maker, though the record notes that these details come from an older caption and have not been verified. Stereographs of this period were often posed genre scenes meant to stir sympathy in a parlor audience. Thanksgiving had been a national observance since Abraham Lincoln's 1863 proclamation, so a scene about a hungry child at the holiday table would have been a pointed choice for viewers.
| Created / published | c1871. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo by Weller. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,430 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-124634 |
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