Family carving a roast turkey at a holiday table – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
This rare historic image captures Family carving a roast turkey at a holiday table in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Family carving a roast turkey at a holiday table
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A family gathered around a holiday table, with the turkey being carved at the center, makes for a scene most American households would recognize. Thanksgiving dinners of this kind became a fixed national ritual in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, after Sarah Josepha Hale campaigned for a national holiday and President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving in 1863. Roast turkey, carved at the table by the head of the household, was often the centerpiece of these meals, signaling abundance and family order. Worth noticing in a picture like this is how the table setting, serving dishes, and the gathered faces together record a domestic ceremony that changed little across generations.
| Original scan | 807 × 555 px |
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| Reference | TURKEY |
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