Thanksgiving in Canada is almost here and I’m looking forward to celebrating with my family. I can’t wait to eat pumpkin pie, turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and anything else that lands on my plate. I love it! But mostly being with family.

For today’s post I have put together some vintage Thanksgiving advertising from 1920s to 1950s for all of you to enjoy. Let’s begin!

1930s vintage magazine cover for Macleans Magazine featuring an older woman making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.

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“Well, Mr. Turkey, you’ll have to share honors with RITZ this Thanksgiving”. 1940s ad for Ritz Crackers a product of National Biscuit Company.

1940s ad for Ritz Crackers a product of National Biscuit Company. Ilustration features a woman holding a Ritz cracker box and showcases the different things you can do with ritz crackers.

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1928 Diamond Walnuts ad. “What would Thanksgiving be without Walnuts?”.

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1950s advertisement for Budweiser Beer. Bud goes perfect with turkey (“It’s Bound To Be BUD”).

1950s vintage ad for Budweiser Beer. Serve Budweiser at your Thanksgiving dinner. Illustration of a man drinking beer while his mother serves the turkey.

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Ham is equally as yummy as turkey on Thanksgiving (sorry to those who don’t eat meat). A 1948 Wilson’s Ham advertisement.

1940s vintage ad for Wilson's Ham for Thanksgiving - 1948. The illustration features a Turkey on a platter with

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Servel refrigerator ad 1948. Store your thanksgiving meals in the “stays slient-last longer” gas refrigerator.

1940s vintage ad for Servel refrigerator ad 1948. The GAS Refrigerator is perfect to hold your Thanksgiving meals. The ad illustration features

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“When It’s Turkey Time…it’s Canada Dry Time!”. I do enjoy a good Ginger Ale personally. Do you? -1950s advertisement.

1950s Vintage Ad for Canada Dry Ginger Ale-Enjoy at Thanksgiving time!

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1950s Bell Telephone Ad (a Canadian telecommunications company). “Happy Thought for Thanksgiving: Telephone the folks back home”.

1950s vintage ad for Bell Telephone. Call your folks on Thanksgiving. Illustration features a woman on the phone talking to her family.

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1953 Thanksgiving Poster for Jacronda Mfg Co.

Vintage Thanksgiving Advertisement: 1950s Children's Thanksgiving Poster, Jacronda Mfg. Co. from 1953. The illustration features two kids at the dinner table with a turkey.

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“Let’s Talk Turkey” “Adam Shirts for Thanksgiving and everday”. 1950s ad.

1950s vintage ad for Adam Shirts perfect for Thanksgiving and everyday. 1950s mens fashion.

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Lucky Strike Cigarettes 1950s ad. “Thanksgiving is a delightful day for turkeys and the like – But you will have a happy time if you smoke Lucky Strike!”

1950s vintage ad for Lucky strike Cigarettes for enjoying on Thanksgiving. Illustration features a woman holiding a pumpkin by a turkey with a cigarette in hand.

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“Serve 7 Turkeys for Thanksgiving!!! ONE on a Platter… and Six made from Cranberry Sauce!.” Get it? There are 6 in the SHAPE of a turkey? HA! Vintage Ocean Spray Cranberry 1940s ad.

1940s vintage ad for Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce. Thanksgiving Turkey's & Cranberry sauce go hand in hand.

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Coca Cola Thanksgiving Commercial from the 1950s (video link).

Thanks for dropping by! This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for all of my readers. It’s been a fun 10 years of blogging so far!

Further Reading:

Vintage Thanksgiving 1920s-1960s (Archived blog posts)

Liz

Happy start of Fall / Autumn Equinox friends!

In 2021 I did a post on Fall vintage ads from the 1940s & 1950s. Here is Part One and now here is Part Two!

1940s vintage image of a 1940s woman with a 1940s hat and 1940s hairstyle holding a Fall leaf in her gloved hand. Vintage Fall image.

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Fall / Autumn Vintage Advertising from the 1940s & 1950s

Take a Greyhound bus to see all the 48 states, Canada and Mexico this Fall. 1940s vintage ad.

1940s vintage ad for Greyhound bus lines featuring travel during fall autum season illustration shows a grehound dog, a bus and a woman in 1940s fashion and 1940s hairstyle.

Source: Etsy – thetalkingplanter

“Better than frosty air for perkin up appetites-Snider’s Chili Sauce”. 1950s vintage ad.

1950's Vintage ad for Snider's Chili Sauce featuring an illustration of Fall leaves, and people and vintage food ideas for Fall.

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“Godman Tarsal-Tred Shoes, comfort for your purse as well as your foot.” “The styles: newest authentic fashion for Fall”. Fantastic women’s shoes as seen in the illustrations in this 1940s vintage ad.

1940s vintage fashion ad for Godman Tarsal-Tred shoes comfort. Women's Fall Fashion shoes.

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“Where does all the color come from?”. Beautiful fall foliage seen in a 1955 American Cyanamid vintage ad.

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“Host & Hostesses keep bottles of versatile Dubonnet wine on top…ready for service for come what may. This Fall, or any other season, this little bar-in-one-bottle will do you proud”. 1950s vintage ad.

1950s vintage ad for Dubonnet wine an aperitif featuring fall leaves and vintage cocktail recipes

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“Smartest coats in the stadium this Fall…Hart Schaffner & Marx men’s coats”. 1940s vintage ad.

1940s vintage ad for Hart Schaffner & Marx men's coats for Fall featuring an illustration of a cheerleader, a football player and the photographer in the coat.

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“Vacation travel tip to fall events….go by bus. Blue Ridge bus. 1940s / 1940s vintage ad.

1940s / 1950s Vintage Ad for Blue Ridge Bus advertising Fall events you can visit by bus. Image features an illustration of Fall leaves and a road.

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You will 100% need Texaco gasoline to get you into the country side too see the Fall harvest and the changing of the leaves. 1950s vintage ad.

1950s vintage ad for Texaco gasoline featuring a fall country scene of pumpkins and a fall harvest

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1940s vintage ad for fishing in the Fall in North Carolina.

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“Great Fall Harvest of the Heinz” featuring “tomato man”. 1950s vintage ad.

1950s vintage ad for Heinz Tomato soup and Cider Vinegar featuring Tomato man gathing tomatos for the Fall Harvest.

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1940’s Henri Bendel women’s Autumn High fashion vintage clothing ad.

1940's Henri Bendel women's Autumn High fashion dress vintage clothing ad

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Autumn In Nikko – 1930s travel poster for visiting Japan in the Fall (I just loved this poster and had to share it for this post, even though it’s from the 30’s).

1930s Vintage Advertising: Vintage 1930s Travel Advertising Poster For Japan - Autumn In Nikko featuring two ladies wearing traditional kimono dresses with a bridge over a river visible in the valley, a waterfall on the hills opposite and the whole image covered in colourful autumnal leaves on the trees around them.

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I hope you enjoyed this Fall themed post. I loved seeing all the colours of Autumn come alive in many of the ads that I displayed. It made me even more excited for this season, then I already was!

Please share in the comments section what your favourite vintage ad was and as always, thank you for stopping by!

Liz

Further Fall Reading:

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Vintage Thanksgiving Advertising

Fall Vintage Advertising from the 1940s & 1950s – Part 2

Fall / Autumn Vintage Advertising from the 1940s & 1950s