Thanksgiving Postcard
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- This image is one in a series of postcards from the Reg Near collection. This postcard commemorates American Thanksgiving. Depicted are Pilgrims and Puritans who began emigrating from England to Massachusetts in the 1620s. The stories of their bountiful harvests laid the foundation for modern-day thanksgiving celebrations in the United States. Thanksgiving became common in Canada after settlers arrived in Nova Scotia from New England around 1700.
This postcard is used and dated 8 Novemeber 1911. - Notes
- Condition: some wear on corners, discolouration on back.
- Inscriptions
- "Thanksgiving Day"
- Place of Publication
- Germany
- Date of Original
- 8 November 1911
- Dimensions
-
Width: 8.7 cm
Height: 13.9 cm
- Image Dimensions
-
Image Width: 8.7cm
Image Height: 13.9cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Near, Reg.
- Local identifier
- RN22_127
- Collection
- Reg Near Postcards
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- Reg Near
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Reg Near Postcards. "Thanksgiving Postcard." St. Marys Museum, RN22_127.
- Location of Original
- St. Marys Museum archives
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal study or research; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction.
High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee. - Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
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