Vintage Thanksgiving Greetings Card with Cowboy & Turkey

The cheerful 'Thanksgiving Greetings' message contrasts sharply with imagery of a small child in a wide-brimmed yellow hat and blue suit aggressively waving a red cloth at a turkey like some kind of deranged miniature bullfighter — because apparently the Edwardian greeting card industry decided the holidays needed more confrontational livestock energy. The turkey, to its credit, is magnificently puffed up with a full fanned tail and vivid red wattle, displaying the kind of dignified alarm one would expect when ambushed by a tiny matador wielding what appears to be a handkerchief. The child's stick held behind him, the lunging stance, and the overhead text create the kind of cognitive dissonance that could only be resolved by someone who genuinely believed 'provoking a bird with a rag' was the universal symbol of autumnal gratitude.