"Beginning in the late 1800s, newspapers began wishing Merry Christmas to their readers by including Christmas-themed images on their front pages. At first the images were rather small, but would eventually change to full page graphics. This book is a compilation of those pieces of art as they appeared in the papers. Christmas Front Pages: Classic Christmas Newspaper Artwork 1882 to 1922 is a collection of over 370 illustrations from 163 newspapers from across the United States. The Christmas-themed images came from ...
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"Beginning in the late 1800s, newspapers began wishing Merry Christmas to their readers by including Christmas-themed images on their front pages. At first the images were rather small, but would eventually change to full page graphics. This book is a compilation of those pieces of art as they appeared in the papers. Christmas Front Pages: Classic Christmas Newspaper Artwork 1882 to 1922 is a collection of over 370 illustrations from 163 newspapers from across the United States. The Christmas-themed images came from paintings, drawings, cartoons, photographs, and sometimes included stories and poems. Christmas is seen in art and writing covering a period of four decades, over one hundred years ago. The artistic styles change as time progresses from the Victorian Era to the 1920s. Themes also change as historic events, like the Wright Brothers' airplane and World War I, shape the way Christmas is depicted in art. Even though this book is a memory of Christmas past, these pictures may be very new to most people. It is guaranteed to get you in the Christmas spirit"--
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