Enjoying Thanksgiving dinner and all the trimmings outside Busch Memorial Stadium Thursday are Big Red fans Tom Burnham, Ken Bushart, Jim Perry, Joe Perry, John Hubbard and Jerry Perry. Indigestion came later when the Buffalo Bills feasted on the Cardinals, 32-14.
"Thanksgiving Harvest, 1943/Thanksgiving, which in more carefree, perhaps more careless, pre-war days meant to many Americans little more than a delicious roast turkey or a thrilling football tussle, will be observed for the second time during World War II next Thursday within an atmosphere of sobriety nearer to the spirit of the early colonists, who after the first harvest in 1621 set aside a
"A bench in Lafayette Park opposite the White House is the setting for a unique Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday. Washington's Community for Creative Non-Violence sponsored the dinner for homeless men, women and children from the community. After the dinner, the sponsoring organization intended to erect tents to shelter the homeless and to be a visible reminder of their protest of Reagan administration cutbacks in social programs."
"Jefferson, Iowa, Nov. 27 - Blessings of Iowa Soil - As a reminder of Iowa's blessings for abundant crops, this display of grains and garden produce adorns the altar of First Methodist Church here. Des Moines Register & Tribune photographer Jervas Baldwin caught the black-and-white beauty of this Thanksgiving display for the third year from crops he has grown."
This photo of a print shows "A solemn moment preceded all Puritan Thanksgiving Dinners when the head of the family rose and other members bowed their heads in prayer."
"Preparation for a Parade - Workmen adjust eye of a "Doodlebug", one of 29 floats in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade that will get underway Thursday in New York City. The floats were built at the parade warehouse in Hoboken, N.J. under the supervision of Manfred Bass, float designer."
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".
"Thanksgiving Harvest, 1943/Despite all Axis Propaganda to the contrary, the voting booth method, whatever its defects, is still the superior way of running your government. This woman is exercising one of her most precious rights of citizenship."
"New York, Nov. 26 - Look, Up in the Air! - "Underdog," one of the favorites of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, descends toward the crowd as it approaches Herald Square during the 55th annual parade in Manhattan Thursday."
"New York, Nov. 29 - A Big Bird Float - Crowds pack the sidewalk Thursday along New York's Times Square as a float holding a thirty-foot-tall turkey goes by in the Thanksgiving parade. The traditional bird was one of the 41 floats scheduled to participate."
"Thanksgiving in Egypt: American soldiers dig in at a table loaded with food at the Cairo West Airbase in Egypt. They are in Egypt for the "Bright Star" military maneuvers."
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".
Photographs of William Ludwell Sheppard prints that depict preparations and practices surrounding Christmas and Thanksgiving. Some of these eight photographs are pieces of the same print that did not fit in the photo frame. The visible dates vary between 1858-1866.
"Thanksgiving Harvest, 1943/Americans are thankful for the industrial and scientific achievements of this country, which, great as they are, hold even greater promise for the future. Unfettered and properly encouraged to develop the Native American genius of invention can achieve wonders in the creation of production and transportation facilities. And with the realization of the hope of a post
"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."
Print of the Native American Squanto teaching the Pilgrims how to fertilize corn mounds with fish. Squanto is squatting among the settlers as they watch him, holding shovels.
"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
Photograph of a William Ludwell Sheppard print titled "Preparing for Thanksgiving - Flanking the Victim" that was published in Harper's Weekly. The title, artist, and date of publication are above and below the print. 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.
