Vintage Thanksgiving Turkey on Corn Greeting Card

The crossed fork and knife silhouettes hovering ominously in the upper corner is perhaps the world's least subtle artistic choice for a holiday greeting—because when you think 'warm greetings,' you naturally think death foreshadowing looming over a turkey standing triumphantly atop an ear of corn. The golden sunset backdrop and harvest-scene haystacks in the distance suggest this bird is blissfully unaware that the cutlery hovering over his head is not, in fact, a decorative flourish. Victorian card designers apparently decided the turkey deserved one last moment of dignity, perched magnificently on his corn throne like a feathered king, before the inevitable 'Thanksgiving Day' text at the bottom reminds everyone why he was invited.