Boy driving two turkeys, Thanksgiving, Fall River, MA, 1908
- Subjects
- BirdsChildrenThanksgiving
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
A boy in a red plaid cap, polka-dot blouse, red neckerchief, and dark striped knickerbockers walks a dirt path with a switch in hand, driving two large bronze turkeys ahead of him. Bare trees and a green field fill the background. The scene draws on a common early 20th-century Thanksgiving postcard formula: the holiday's table bird paired with a rural child and a harvest-season landscape. Thanksgiving greetings were a steady holiday card genre in the years before World War I, though never as large a market as Christmas.
Postcard Details
Box 7[?]6 - 4-10-74 Tampa, FL
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Fall River, MA |
|---|---|
| Series | N601 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place addressed | Katie Kruse, Box 7[?]6 - 4-10-74, Tampa, FL |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Gold-printed 'Thanksgiving Greetings' caption; textured/embossed surface typical of early lithographed holiday cards; faint printed mark 'AMP 89' in the lower right foreground. Postmarks: FALL RIVER NOV 24 11-AM 1908 MASS (origin) and TAMPA NOV 25 08 FLA (received). Divided-back card with red "POST CARD" heading and 1¢ green Franklin stamp (Series 1902); embossed litho stock, white border on front; light soiling and creasing, pencil dealer marks "Box 795-" and "A40-674 150" at lower right. |
Cite this card
Boy driving two turkeys, Thanksgiving, Fall River, MA, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/boy-driving-two-turkeys-thanksgiving-fall-river-ma-1908. Accessed November 3, 2026.