Vintage 'A Row of Pumpkins' Greeting Card - Humorous Farm Scene

Vintage 'A Row of Pumpkins' Greeting Card - Humorous Farm Scene

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OccasionThanksgiving
EraVictorian
Decade1890s
Stylechromolithograph
Colorsorange, green, blue, cream, brown
Vibeshumorous, naive

Text on Card

A Row of Pumpkins

Description

Rendered in cheerful chromolithographic detail, this whimsical vintage greeting card depicts a farmyard scene of delightful chaos. A row of orange pumpkins arranged in a snake-like formation stretches across the grass, with the lead pumpkin having an animated open-mouthed grin. On a stone wall in the background, an anthropomorphic chicken or rooster figure teeters dramatically, accompanied by a small black bird. In the upper left background, a winged fairy-like figure flies through the air. The card's punny title 'A Row of Pumpkins' plays on the double meaning of 'row' as both a line formation and a quarrel.

Subjects

pumpkins, anthropomorphic pumpkin snake, chicken/rooster (anthropomorphic), small black bird, fairy or winged figure, rural landscape, stone wall, pastoral scene

Printing Notes

Hand-colored lithographic print with bright, bold color palette typical of 1890s mass-produced greeting cards

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