Well it’s almost time again, time for Canadians to celebrate Thanksgiving. YAY! I love this time of the year and I’m excited to go home and eat everything in front of me 🙂 It will be bitter sweet though, as this will be the first family holiday without my beloved Omi 🙁 But I know she will be there in spirit raising a glass to all the family being together.

Now as you can read from the title, this is my 3rd installment of Vintage Photo Tuesday, Thanksgiving Edition. You can read my other posts below:

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Vintage Thanksgiving Photos 1920s-1960s

The table is set, so let us sit down and see what I found, shall we?

1950s vintage photo of a Thanksgiving Dinner Table filled with Turkey and the trimmings

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Here is some of the 1950s family that belongs to that pretty table setup above. Dad is getting ready to carve that turkey.

1950s thanksgiving dinner photo of a dad getting ready to carve the turkey

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Sisters at Thanksgiving, Betty and Martha, November 26, 1953. Let’s take a moment to enjoy the 1950s fashions and the 1950s Living room decor. LOVE IT!

1950s vintage thanksgiving photo featuring two women in 1950s fashion 1950s in a Mid Century living room talking to each other.

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At the same Thanksgiving with cousins Roxie and Gail (in adorable matching dresses) and Aunt Martha (and we get a better look at the her beautiful purple 1950s dress).

1950s photo of a mother with her two kids during thanksgiving 1950s fashions

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Cousins on Thanksgiving 1956. Roxie, Gail, Larry, David, and Kent at the Mather home in Santa Ana, November 22, 1956. What a cute family.

1950s photo of cousins together on thanksgiving in 1950s kids fashions

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Thanksgiving Dinner 1968. That lamp so funky!

Thanksgiving dinner 1968 1960s fashions 1960s photo

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1960s Photo: A family taking a moment to say thank you for the food they are about to eat.

Black family / African American family sitting around the table about to enjoy thanksgiving turkey

The kids table at Thanksgiving (1950s I believe).

Did you ever have to sit at the kids table? I did and sometimes as an adult as well. Ha Ha.

1950s 1960s thanksgiving photo of kids sitting at the kids table

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1950s-Small family gathering around the table. Cozier the better.

1950s photo of a family gathered around the thanksgiving table 1950s life

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1950s photo of Dad getting ready to carve the turkey in his Dad apron.

carving the turkey on thanksgiving day. 1950s photos of a family around the table

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1960s photo of a family showing the joy from knowing that a wonderful feast is about to be had with wonderful guests.

1960s vintage photo of a Black family in 1960s fashions enjoying Thanksgiving dinner together

To all my readers that celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada, enjoy your time with family and friends. To my readers in the United States, enjoy your time next month 🙂

QUESTION TIME: Do you have a family tradition that you do or a specific food that needs to be on the table? Share in the comments below.

Further Reading:

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

Liz

Vintage Photo Tuesday: Celebrating Thanksgiving with vintage images

If you have been following my blog for some time you know that I have a love of vintage photos and will share them on here as much as I can. Because of this, I have a new series for my blog that will appear every Tuesday: “Vintage Photo Tuesday“.

Today’s photos will showcase Thanksgiving gatherings as this coming weekend is the Canadian Holiday (Yay Turkey!).

October 2023 Update! Here are more vintage images from this series:

1940s thanksgiving illustration of a man and woman eating a turkey together and breaking the wish bone.

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Vintage Thanksgiving Photos 1920s-1950s

A real 1950s Canadian Thanksgiving family gathering. The gentlemen on the right can’t WAIT to eat it as he is clearly not caring about the photo being taken.