Thanksgiving postcard with turkey and eagle, two national birds – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Thanksgiving postcard with turkey and eagle, two national birds comes to life in this vintage postcard, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Thanksgiving postcard with turkey and eagle, two national birds
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Few holiday postcards pair a turkey with an eagle, but this one presents the two as twin emblems of the nation. The bald eagle became the national emblem with the Great Seal in 1782, while the wild turkey became a Thanksgiving table fixture, and Benjamin Franklin famously argued that the turkey was a more respectable symbol than the eagle. Holiday postcards like this one were hugely popular in the early 1900s, when printers mass-produced colorful greetings that people mailed to family and friends. Neither bird holds the official title of "national bird," so the card is best read as patriotic sentiment rather than fact.
| Original scan | 2,100 × 1,337 px · prints to 7 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
|---|---|
| Reference | Thanksgiving (105) |
More from the Thanksgiving collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
