Thanksgiving in History

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  President and Mrs. Coolidge attend Thanksgiving Day service In Virginia

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  Washington, D.C. Dr. Mordica Johnson, president of Howard University, serving portions of Thanksgiving turkey to members of his family

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  President Roosevelt signing his 1902 Thanksgiving Proclamation act

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  Our international thanksgiving dinner / J.S. Pughe.

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  Harper's Bazaar--Thanksgiving 1894 / Louis J. Rhead.

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  Pumpkin stand in Southington, Connecticut

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  Puck Thanksgiving 1904 / L.M. Glackens.

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  [Boy holding large turkey]

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  The Chap Book--Thanksgiving no. / Will H Bradley.

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  Thanksgiving Day lesson at Whittier

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  A butcher shop window at Thanksgiving time. Norwich, Connecticut

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  The first Thanksgiving 1621 / J.L.G. Ferris.

• Thanksgiving in camp sketched Thursday 28th 1861

• Thanksgiving day, 1884 - 'let us be thankful!' / Gillam.

• Harper's round table - Thanksgiving number '95

• School for bakers and cooks, Camp Sheridan, Ala., Thanksgiving, 1918

• Thanksgiving turkey for the President, 11/26/29

• Architect Philip Johnson's stained-glass 'Glory Window' unfolds in the spiraling 1976 Chapel of Thanksgiving, part of Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas

• Pan American Mass. Thanksgiving Day at St. Patrick's. Crowds Leaving St. Patrick's. Secretary Lane, Upper Left Center

• Neffsville, Pennsylvania. Saying grace before carving the turkey at Thanksgiving dinner in the home of Earle Landis

• Farmer selling Thanksgiving turkey to farmer outside warehouse where tobacco auction sales are being held. Durham, North Carolina

• The Smoky Hill and Republican union., October 17, 1863, Image 1 (A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America)

• The Saint Paul globe., November 22, 1903, Page 12, Image 12 (Thanksgiving an Inspiration Peculiar to the Nation)