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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
The Bookman, Christmas Number, Poster by Louis Rhead
Louis Rhead (1857-1926) · The Bookman, Christmas number, 1895
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
Louis Rhead's 1895 colour lithograph for the Christmas number of The Bookman; 45 by 27 cm.
Why it matters
Dodd, Mead founded The Bookman in February 1895, and it printed America's first bestseller list; this was its first Christmas.
What to notice
A literary journal sold with a picture, not a list of contents.
The year books started keeping score.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- Louis Rhead (1857-1926)
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- The Bookman, Christmas number, 1895
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2015646907
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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