Mrs. Elizabeth Linton lived in on a delivery route near Sykesville, a small town on the Patapsco River about 20 miles west of Baltimore, Maryland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykesville,_Maryland

(The site of the original town was a slave plantation owned by William Patterson whose beautiful daughter married Jerome Bonaparte – younger brother of Napoleon.

Alas, when the couple planned to visit France, the Emperor – who disapproved of the marriage- refused to allow the new bride to disembark.

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte returned to Maryland alone.)

In 1918, the town was a bustling stop on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

In November of 1918, Mrs. Linton received a Thanksgiving postcard from George.

George mailed the postcard from Baltimore, the thriving port city on the Chesapeake Bay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore

The face of the postcard is a simple drawing of a girl extending some ears of corn to a turkey.

The girl holds a basket of very small pumpkins or gourds – and other pumpkins lie at her feet.

It appears that the girl may be feeding the turkey or, perhaps, luring the turkey to a less pleasant fate.

This is a landscape of late Autumn – shocks can be seen in the barren field behind the girl.

A distant barn or house peeks from the hills in the distance.

Beneath the scene, gilt letters declare “Best Thanksgiving Greetings”.

On the reverse, George writes, “Me and Will will come up to see you soon.”

Mrs. Linton seems to have enjoyed the seasonal greeting as it was preserved in good condition throughout her life – despite some ugly postal smears on the face.

(The errant marks were removed digitally).

One hopes that George and Will fulfilled the promise of a visit, and that they and Mrs. Linton enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving.