White paper brochure. The front is red with white text reading "Ford or Carter". Inside is a black and white picture of Ford. The next two pages contain red text with black headlines praising Ford and providing negative statements about Carter. The back reads "How do you choose?" and "Ford, He's making us proud again." This brochure was produced by "The President Ford Committee".
This photo shows soldiers (both seated and standing) waiting to be served a cup of a drink which is being poured out from a silver pitcher. There are many soldiers watching and waiting.
"These Marines in France are learning to adjust their gas masks quickly. It takes only a few seconds to get the mask in place. When the siren blows every mask is put on as speedily as possible as a second of delay might be serious. The Germans are reported to be perfuming their gas so as to deceive the Americans in the trenches but few of them have been gassed as yet."
Photograph taken in the Michigan Headquarters, New York. Maintained by former Michigan men. The photo shows nine men seated and writing at a table. A woman is handing one of the men an envelope on the right side of the photograph.
Photo of an art print depicting a young girl holding a serving tray in a cook's outfit flanked by a pumpkin and a small sign that reads, "Best Wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving".
A Thanksgiving art print depicting Uncle Sam seated across from a woman wearing an American flag dress as they're seated at a table with an American flag tablecloth. Uncle Sam is carving a turkey. Above their heads is the word "Thanksgiving", and on the side of the tablecloth is "For Peace and Plenty of Prosperity".
"Mrs. Sarah Josepha Buell Hale has her place in history as the "Mother of Thanksgiving Day." Novelist and editor of several women's magazines she campaigned for more than 30 years urging the adoption of her native New England festival as a national public holiday. President Lincoln agreed, proclaimed the first official Thanksgiving Day in 1864. Mrs. Hale died in Philadelphia in 1879."
"Departure from Delftshaven, England, July, 1620. The Pilgrims were mostly separatists from the Mother Church of England and they embarked for the new world primarily to escape religious persecution. They had established independent churches that have since banded into the Congregational Christian Church. Abused in England, some fled to Holland; finally they succeeded in raising enough funds from
"Memorial Day Observed in England, Honors Paid to Our Dead./Memorial Day was observed in England with fitting ceremonies at all cemeteries where American soldiers and sailors are buried. These photos were made at the Brookwodd Cemetery near London, the upper showing American soldiers, Y.M.C.A.; Red Cross and K.F.C. workers decorating graves and the lower firing the last salute over the graves of the dead Americans."
"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
"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
Photograph of a painting depicting pilgrims outside of the Bear and Fox Inn with bare trees next tot he building. There's a small dog barking at a man who's standing in front of the inn, with people looking at him and likewise walking by. At the bottom righthand corner is "Thanksgiving Day" in script.
Photograph of a soldier carrying luggage next to a large ship. A woman carrying a baby is standing next to him, and behind the family is a group of people stood at the exit of the boat.
This photo shows an American soldier, or Doughboy, eating doughnuts outside of the Odeon Theater in Paris, France where the 1918 film "America's Answer" was playing.