[Toys for Christmas] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Toys for Christmas], Cincinnati ; New York : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fd/fde7cf8369ca-L.webp)
(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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This vintage poster of [Toys for Christmas] brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A color lithographic poster from about 1898, *Toys for Christmas* was printed by the Strobridge Lithographing Company, which worked from Cincinnati and New York and was one of the largest commercial lithographers in the United States at the time. Its advertising purpose reflects a holiday season when shops and manufacturers sought to draw buyers with eye-catching posters, and the pairing of children and toys with the Christmas theme was a common appeal of the period. Chromolithography of this kind was a relatively affordable way to get bright, colorful images into stores and public spaces, so the piece also shows how commercial printing had matured by the late 1890s.
| Created / published | Cincinnati ; New York : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements American 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Children & toys--1890-1900. Christmas--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,158 × 1,472 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216089 |
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