Tuesday, November 21, 2023 – IN THE DAYS WHEN THE BIRDS CAME WITH EVERYTHING BUT THE FEATHERS

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,  2023

THANKSGIVING 

THE OLD FASHIONED WAY

SHORPY 

THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL


PHOTO  ARCHIVE

ISSUE  #1129

Indiana Thanksgiving: 1917

William Davis and family at their farm near Crothersville, Ind.

Thanksgiving Maskers: 1911

November 1911. Before Halloween came into its own as a holiday in this country, there was “Thanksgiving masking,” where kids would dress up and go door to door for apples, or maybe “scramble for pennies.”

Thanksgiving Dinner: 1924

Washington, D.C., circa 1924. “Park View Citizens Association store.” 
LOOK CLOSELY, FEATHERS WERE INCLUDED!

Thanksgiving Turkey: 1919

A child holding the Thanksgiving turkey. From the National Photo Company collection, 1919.

Basting the Bird: 1940

November 28, 1940. “Mrs. T.L. Crouch, of Ledyard, Connecticut, pouring some water over her twenty-pound turkey on Thanksgiving Day.” 

Stuff It: 1937

December 4, 1937. Washington, D.C. “Note to housewives: your turkey-baking troubles will be over and the bird you serve for dinner this yuletide will be tender, juicy and flavorsome if you follow the method used by the expert cooks at the Bureau of Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Continual testing and experimenting with various recipes has taught Uncle Sam’s cooks that many a prize bird has become a ‘ham’ when improperly prepared. The best recipe so far discovered by the Bureau of Economics is demonstrated in the following set of pictures, made under the supervision of Miss Lucy Alexander, Chief Cooking Specialist. Miss Alexander, a graduate of Vassar and the University of Illinois, has been on her present job for 11 years. Mrs. Jessie Lamb, Assistant Cook, is stuffing the turkey under her watchful eye. The turkeys on the table will go into the ovens at regular intervals, and be tasted and judged by a group of experts who are determining which diet and feeding program will produce the best flavored meat.” Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative

Pies in Repose: 1940

November 28, 1940. “Pumpkin pies and Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Mr. Timothy Levy Crouch, a Rogerene Quaker living in Ledyard, Connecticut.

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