Larger print photograph of a William Ludwell Sheppard print titled "Preparing for Thanksgiving - Flanking the Victim". The image shows two children on either side of a goose, while a woman and young girl look on from the side of a water pump.
Photograph of a William Ludwell Sheppard print titled "Preparing for Thanksgiving - Flanking the Victim". The image shows two children on either side of a goose, while a woman and young girl look on from the side of a water pump.
This 19th century illustrated scene shows the people of the colonies and Indigenous tribe members gathered around a table as someone speaks at the head of the table in a room with wooden beams on the ceiling. There are hats and rifles leaning against a dresser on the floor at the right side of the scene.
Photographs of William Ludwell Sheppard prints depicting Christmas and Thanksgiving events. They are primarily showing preparation and celebration. The dates of these prints span between 1862-1873.
"Thanksgiving Day/Landing of the Pilgrims, Dec. 21, 1620. This painting depicts the hardy group of pioneers atop historic Plymouth Rock, their heads bowed to God in thanks for their safe voyage. Originally, the Pilgrims intended to settle in Virginia, but the Mayflower was blown from its course and instead the first permanent colony in New England was established./(One of a Series)."
"Thanksgiving Day/Aboard the Mayflower. The ship is supposed to have carried 102 voyagers on its historic trip. Now free to worship as thier own conscience dictated a group of Pilgrims signed the famous Mayflower Compact, a short set of laws which established certain concepts of religious freedom. The document later became a basis for the democratic government in the colonies. This painting, by
"Americans, sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner in the safety of their homes, will give thanks to their sons and brothers who are fighting on far-away fronts to preserve the good things of democracy. Boys like these American soldiers somewhere in Australia, reading precious letters from home."
"This 180-foot monument, largest granite statue in the world, stands in Plymouth, Mass. to commemorate the achievements of the Pilgrims who arrived there on the Mayflower in 1620. The central figure, carrying a Bible and resting one foot on a replica of the Plymouth Rock, represents Faith. The seated figures symbolize Education (left), Freedom, and Morality. Another on the opposite side is Law
"Painting of the first Thanksgiving by Sydney E. King, Virginia artist, depicts the scene in December of 1619, when a group of 39 colonists observed a day of Thanksgiving on the banks of the James River at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia."
"Peru, Ind., Nov. 23 - Ready for Thanksgiving - Beverly Enyeart prepares pies for the Thanksgiving Day dinner she and her husband and eight children are preparing for anyone who wants to come. The Enyearts say preparing for the meal is a labor of love."
"This bountiful feast drew all members of the family to a New England farm house in 1871. Father, in the center, prepared to cut a large meat pie." The scene is full of men and women seated at a large dining table as they prepare for dinner. Children are present in the foreground, and the background shows a large fireplace and cabinet with small objects placed on top.
This photograph shows a wicker cornucopia filled with small gourds, harvest vegetables, and peanuts. There is dried corn off to the side, and a candle in front of the cornucopia. These are placed on a straw-like substance with a patterned fabric underneath and visible to the left of the photo.
"This Thanksgiving dinner print, taken from the book "As We Were" by Bellamy Partridge and Otto Bettmann, depicts a favorite family festival in the America of not so long ago." Underneath the print, woven into the border, is a piece of text that says "Thanksgiving Dinner - Ephraim's Speech".
"New York, Nov. 26 - Kermit Visits the Big Apple - "Kermit the Frog", a popular character from the television program "The Muppets Show," floats overhead near Manhattan's Herald Square Thursday during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It takes 25 balloon handlers to manage the 24-foot wide, six-story-tall balloon."
"Hat Tricks - Magician Randy Naylor performs a hat trick for children at a Thanksgiving feast provided by the Enyeart family./Chuck and Beverly Enyeart always had more than enough on their Thanksgiving table, so this year they decided to invite some extra guests - the entire town." The event took place at the St. Charles School Gymnasium where over 200 people were present.
"On Thursday, Nov. 26, Americans will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. These people, below, are some of the newsmakers for the year that will be among those counting their blessings on the day Americans set aside for giving thanks. Top row, from left: President Ronald Reagan, Suzanne Somers, Gerry Faust and Dave Woodward. Bottom from left: Mary Gohlke, Dan Rather, Fernando Valenzuela and Moorhead Kennedy."
"Dinner in the Park - Part of a crowd of 150 people file through a Thanksgiving dinner line in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House in Washington Thursday. The meal was organized by the Community for Creative Non-Violence, whose leader Mitch Snyder said that 500 to 1,000 meals would be served before the day ended."
"Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Nov. 24 - First Thanksgiving in a New Land - Four-year-old Sengthavy Sengsourya gets first hand examination of his first Thanksgiving turkey Wednesday night. His parents, Laotian refugees who fled to the U.S. from Thailand last December, were preparing for their first Thanksgiving Day dinner in their new homeland."
Thanksgiving dinner for military personnel. From left, are Sergeant Kenneth Starbody, Sergeant Donald D. Clark and wife, Private First Class Carl Womack and wife, Sergeant R. Schoolcraft, wife, and 4 month old son.
"In the second Thanksgiving of World War II many Americans are thankful for homes of their own, be they ever so humble, in a time when families are being uprooted and homes destroyed by the ravages of War. Here, in a typical scene, the whole family joins in the painting of the house."
