Vintage Easter Greeting Card: Chick & Red Egg House Chromolithograph

The card appears to celebrate Easter resurrection themes, yet depicts anthropomorphic chicks in top hats sitting on tiny chairs and staring longingly at other chicks lounging inside hollowed-out red eggs like they're running a speakeasy — complete with a barrel out front and what appears to be a bottle on the table, because apparently the Easter message of 'He is Risen' is best conveyed through day-drinking in your egg-home. The Star of David dangling overhead adds a layer of theological chaos that no greeting card committee has ever had to explain since. The seated chick's bandaged foot and hunched posture give the whole scene the vibe of someone waiting outside a very exclusive, very weird nightclub, while the egg-dweller peers out with the energy of a landlord who definitely knows the rent is late.