Over the years, Thanksgiving celebrations have changed. If you've read Betty Smith's classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, you may remember Francie and Neely going out playing "ragamuffin" on Thanksgiving. Here are photos of the real thing:
Thanksgiving Masquers in 1911
Additional Photos of Thanksgiving Masquers
In the 1920s, the Macy's parade began:
Vintage Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Photos
More Macy's Parade Photos
Amusing Photos of Macy's Parade Balloons
More black-and-white Thanksgiving photographs:
Little Girl and Thanksgiving Turkeys
Smithsonian Vintage Thanksgiving Photos
Classic Black-and-White Thanksgiving
2 comments:
Can I use your photograph of the little girl in the cart with the two turkeys in harness, if I give credit to the blog on our Facebook page? https://www.facebook.com/YosemiteGazette/?ref=hl Need to know ASAP? Thanks, Michael Gahagan
I got that from a page of vintage postcards. I don't own it.
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