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Thanksgiving Pilgrim couple and turkey, Chaffey, WI, 1910

Subject
Thanksgiving
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1910 (Golden Age)
Front of Thanksgiving Pilgrim couple and turkey, Chaffey, WI, 1910, Rosa M Dean, WI, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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Back of Thanksgiving Pilgrim couple and turkey, Chaffey, WI, 1910, Rosa M Dean, WI, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A Thanksgiving greeting shows a Pilgrim man in a steeple hat and buckle shoes carrying a musket beside a Pilgrim woman in a bonnet and blue skirt holding a red book. A large turkey and clusters of yellow blossoms fill the gold background, and the greeting runs across a diagonal red, white, and blue ribbon. The sender's note to Rosa M. Dean in Chaffey, Wisconsin, mixes holiday wishes with dinner plans. They recall going to Sampson for Thanksgiving dinner the year before and doubt they will get any bird this year. The message is dated Nov. 19, 1910, five days before Thanksgiving, when the holiday was widely observed on the last Thursday of November but not yet fixed nationwide.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Nov. 19-1910 Dear Rosa, I thought I would drop you a card as a thanks- giving greeting I don't think I will go anywheres this thanksgiving last year we all was down to Sampson for dinner but don't think we will get any bird this year if it hasnt been so far I would have come and spent the day with you. Ernest took John to the yesterday he went to Mpls. Heartiest wishes to you and all I remain yours as ever

Thanksgiving Greetings
PostmarkedWI
Stamp
Addressed to
Rosa M Dean

Chaffey, WI

Postcard record

PostmarkedWI
Series4493
ConditionGood
Place addressedRosa M Dean, Chaffey, WI
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesEmbossed gold background with printed embossing accents; divided-back stock. Small circular copyright mark lower right and red card number '4493' lower left; light edge and corner wear. Postmark: [illegible] WIS. Message dated Nov. 19, 1910. The writer struck through 'not' in the line 'will get any bird this year'.

Cite this card

Thanksgiving Pilgrim couple and turkey, Chaffey, WI, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/thanksgiving-pilgrim-couple-and-turkey-chaffey-wi-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.