Embossed Thanksgiving postcard with turkey and corn – Historic Print
(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: Embossed Thanksgiving postcard with turkey and corn, preserved in this vintage postcard. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Embossed Thanksgiving postcard with turkey and corn
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Turkeys and cornstalks were a favorite pairing on American holiday postcards, and this embossed card belongs to the wave of Thanksgiving designs printed in the early twentieth century, when the holiday was becoming a fixed national observance. Embossing gave the surface a raised, tactile quality, so the bird's feathers and the ears of corn stand out from the background in a way flat lithography could not match. Cards like this were mailed between relatives and friends during the November season, and their bright colors and harvest imagery reflect a popular taste for seasonal greetings that helped shape how Americans pictured the holiday.
| Original scan | 2,400 × 1,524 px · prints to 8 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Thanksgiving (127) |
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