Thanksgiving 2024 -- November 28, 2024

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.  I'm grateful for health and life, my family, and my coworkers.

The original Life Magazine was a humorous weekly that was published from 1883 to 1936. Here is the cover of their 22-November-1901 Thanksgiving Number. It depicts "The Vegetarian's Thanksgiving."

California is Thankful -- November 27, 2024

San Francisco Examiner, 27-November-1924

I told my students to think about all the things they have to be thankful about. 

New Cat #123 -- November 25, 2024

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Thanksgiving is coming.

I took the photo on 23-November-2024

One of the Things You Can Be Thankful For -- November 24, 2024

San Francisco Examiner, 27-November-1924

San Francisco's Cabiria Restaurant offered Thanksgiving dinner for $1.50, with music by Garry Fisher's Amphions. I had to look up "Amphion" and found that it was the name of a musician in Greek mythology.

Thanksgiving 2023 -- November 23, 2023

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm grateful for health and life, my family, my students and my coworkers. 

 This turkey on the cover of the November 1906 Everybody's Magazine appears to be concerned about something. 

For Thanksgiving -- Extra Mince Pies -- November 22, 2023

Hawaiian Star, 22-November-1898

Thanksgiving is coming. 

125 years ago today, on 22-November-1898 three Honolulu bakeries offered various kinds of pie, especially mince. I don't care for mince pies. I have never tried a cranberry squash pie. My mother used to make the best apple pies in recorded history. 

Note that HF Singer's mince pies are said to be "Equal to Swain's of San Francisco." 

Comic Book -- Walt Disney's Comics and Stories -- November 5, 2023

Thanksgiving is coming.

Donald Duck appears to be having trouble carving the turkey. 

Thanksgiving 2022 -- November 24, 2022

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The original Life Magazine was a humorous weekly that was published from 1883 to 1936. Here is the cover of their 27-November-1902 Thanksgiving Number.

Thanksgiving 2021 -- November 25, 2021

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm grateful for health and life, my family, and my coworkers. 

The cover of the Thanksgiving, 1905 issue of Puck has a servant bringing out the turkey, and a dog consulting.

Comic Book -- Famous Funnies -- November 9, 2021

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Thanksgiving is coming. 

Famous Funnies, which ran from 1934 to 1955, was the first long-running American comic book. It mostly published reprints of newspaper comic strips, like William McCleery and Ralph Fuller's Oaky Doaks. Oaky Doaks was a country bumpkin in the Middle Ages who wanted to a knight. Here we see him dream about fencing with a turkey. Note the turkey's weapon. 

Thanksgiving 2020 -- November 26, 2020

 

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm grateful for health and life, my family, and my coworkers.

The original Life Magazine was a humorous weekly that was published from 1883 to 1936. Here is the cover of their 26-November-1896 Thanksgiving Number. 

The Pilgrims' Progress -- November 25, 2020

 

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. 

The original Life Magazine was a humorous weekly that was published from 1883 to 1936. Here is the cover of their 1914 Thanksgiving Number.

Thanksgiving 2019 -- November 28, 2019

New Yorker, 29-November-1952

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm grateful for health and life, my family, and my coworkers.

Arthur Getz drew this New Yorker cover showing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Thanksgiving 2018 -- November 22 2018

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm grateful for health and life, my family, and my coworkers.

The original Life Magazine was a humorous weekly that was published from 1883 to 1936. Here is the cover of their 20-November-1931 Thanksgiving Number. It represents a turkey who awaits his fate like a condemned criminal.

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Thanksgiving 2017 -- November 23, 2017

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.  I'm grateful for health and life, my family, and my coworkers.

The 24-November-1934 cover of Collier's Weekly features a Native American and a worried-looking Pilgrim. 

Thanksgiving 2016 -- November 24, 2016

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.  I'm grateful for health and life, my family, and my coworkers.

The 26-November-1943 cover of The Saturday Evening Post features a painting by Joseph Christian Leyendecker.Note that the bald displayed on the Great Seal of the United States is replaced by a plucked turkey.  While the eagle holds an olive branch and a bundle of arrows, the turkey carries a carving knife and fork. 

Thanksgiving 2015 -- November 26, 2015

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.  I'm grateful for health and life, my family, and my coworkers.

The original Life Magazine was a humorous weekly that was published from 1883 to 1936. Here is the cover of their 22-November-1923 Thanksgiving Number. It represents a Pilgrim placed in the stocks as punishment for gluttony. 

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Thanksgiving 2014 -- November 27, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.  I'm grateful for health and life, my family, and my coworkers.

The original Life Magazine was a humorous weekly that was published from 1883 to 1936. Here is the cover of their 26-November-1924 Thanksgiving Number. It represents the first Thanksgiving at Plimouth Plantation in 1621, "from The Birch Bark News, November 1621."  Notice that there are no Native Americans.  Be sure to click on the image to see a larger version.

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Happy Thanksgiving #7 -- November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I'm grateful for health and life, my family, and my coworkers.

Actresses Gwen Lee and Dorothy Sebastian prepare to break a wishbone.  I haven't done that for a long time.  Maybe this year. 

Thanksgiving Number #2 -- November 27, 2013

The original Life Magazine was a humorous weekly that was published from 1883 to 1936.  Here is the cover of their 29-November-1900 Thanksgiving Number. Be sure to click on the image to see a larger version.

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RIP, Chico Hamilton.