Victorian Thanksgiving Greetings Card with Children & Turkeys
Text on Card
Thanksgiving Greetings
Description
Dressed in a striped dress with a white bonnet, the girl stands alongside a boy sporting a sailor-style outfit with a blue cap in this charming Victorian-era Thanksgiving greeting card. The two elegantly dressed children interact with white turkeys in a pastoral garden setting, with one child holding or grasping one of the birds directly. Delicate white flowers scatter throughout the verdant landscape, where a red brick wall is visible in the upper background. The chromolithographic printing technique captures the soft, cheerful palette of yellows, greens, and reds typical of late 19th-century greeting card production. The turkeys are rendered with fine detail, their distinctive red wattles and white plumage contrasting beautifully against the sunny background. Red script text reading 'Thanksgiving Greetings' curves along the bottom.
Subjects
children, turkeys, flowers, garden, pastoral scene, brick wall
Printing Notes
Chromolithographic printing with embossed details. Text appears to have some damage or printing artifacts at top margin.
