Thanksgiving turkey and pumpkin, Brockton, MA, 1912

Subjects: Birds Thanksgiving
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1912 (Golden Age)

Back of Thanksgiving turkey and pumpkin, Brockton, MA, 1912, Celia Engler, ME, USA, c. 1912 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A Thanksgiving greeting card showing a large tom turkey standing in front of an oversized orange pumpkin, with an ear of corn and a cluster of red berries in the foreground. The caption "Thanksgiving Greetings" arcs across the top. The turkey-and-pumpkin motif is standard American Thanksgiving iconography, linking the holiday to the autumn harvest.

Postcard Details

Message · English

Dear Celia, I wish I was down there to give you these kisses, X X X X X X X. From your loving friend, Lawrence Anderson.

PostmarkedBrockton, MA, November 22, 1912, 11:30

Addressed to

Celia Engler

Waldoboro, ME

Postcard record

Postmarked	November 22, 1912, 11:30, Brockton, MA
Series	0847
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Celia Engler, Waldoboro, ME
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Fine stipple-printed color lithograph; no white border; light edge and corner wear. Postmark: BROCKTON MASS. NOV 22 11-30A 1912. Divided-back card with "This Space For Writing Messages" / "This side for the Address only." imprint and "Made in Saxony 0847"; 1-cent Washington stamp; light edge/corner wear, faint pencil message.

Cite this card

Thanksgiving turkey and pumpkin, Brockton, MA, 1912, postcard, c. 1912. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/thanksgiving-turkey-and-pumpkin-brockton-ma-1912. Accessed November 3, 2026.