Vintage Easter Greeting Card with Child and Giant Tulip, Early 1900s

The thousand-yard stare of the wide-eyed child — sporting a straw hat, blue romper, and the glazed expression of someone who has seen too much — is only the beginning, as the tulip behind them has absolutely no business being that large, with two baby chicks milling about at its feet as if auditioning for a role nobody asked them to play. The proportions are, generously speaking, 'expressive': the tulip towers over the child like a floral overlord, the chicks are roughly the size of the child's shoes, and everyone involved looks mildly concerned about it. The message — 'I wish I could see you when you blossom out for EASTER' — sounds less like a greeting card sentiment and more like something a sentient carnivorous plant would whisper before it makes its move, which, given the scale of that tulip, feels entirely on theme.