
Vintage Thanksgiving Greeting Card with Hunter & Grapes | Edwardian Era
Text on Card
Thanksgiving Greeting "LEST WE FORGET" From out the wild forest All spotless and all white Forth comes the sturdy hunter With a welcome Thanksgiving sight
Description
Rendered in rich chromolithographic detail, this charming Edwardian-era Thanksgiving greeting card features a harvest tableau with lush clusters of deep purple grapes and verdant foliage along the left side. On the right, a child or cherub-faced figure in period dress (knee breeches, pilgrim-style hat) holds a large turkey while standing atop a rustic wooden fence, framed against a soft yellow-blue autumn landscape. The card includes the sentimental verse 'Lest We Forget,' celebrating the sturdy hunter and traditional Thanksgiving sentiments. A gold silhouette of a turkey appears in the lower right. This piece exemplifies early 20th-century greeting card artistry with its blend of agricultural abundance and pastoral imagery.
Subjects
grapes, hunter, game birds, turkey, rustic fence, autumn harvest
Printing Notes
Color chromolithography with embossed details; decorative gold filigree border around verse panel







