The card pairs a cluster of pansies with a turkey against a gold-striped ground, a common mix of floral ornament and holiday bird in early 20th-century Thanksgiving greetings. The sender, E. Wakeman, apologizes for a delayed reply after a busy fall, reports that everyone is well, and notes that the baby is four weeks old. The sender closes with the everyday news that things are about the same as when the recipient went away.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Friend I recieve
your letter some time
a go and will try and
wright some time have
bin very busey This
fall we are all well
the Baby grows fine it is
four weeks Saturday I gess
things are a bout the same
as they wer when you
went a way E Wakeman
Gold-striped background; thin white border.
Postmark: TOMAH NOV 24 12-M 1908. Divided-back embossed gilt-striped stock with 1¢ green Franklin stamp; ink blot at top left, light corner wear.
Cite this card
Thanksgiving Greetings with pansies and turkey, Tomah, WI, 1908, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/thanksgiving-greetings-with-pansies-and-turkey-tomah-wi-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.
