18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

   

Our traditions really haven't changed all that much. These 18 vintage Thanksgiving pictures from the past century are perfectly nostalgic.

 
A group of children dressed up for a Thanksgiving pageant pose for photo in 1910.
 
In 1918, New York City hosted men in service by feeding those in a uniform Thanksgiving dinner.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

 
A farmer chats with a fashionable woman, handing her a turkey in front of a car in the 1920s.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Centur

 
Three chefs hold up Thanksgiving platters of pies, apples and a turkey in 1922.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

 
In this 1929 Thanksgiving Day Parade, which officially brought Santa Claus into New York City, a 35-foot fish balloon is followed by a 60-foot tiger balloon.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

 

A 1930s housewife pulls a turkey in a "Savory" pan out of the oven and smiles for the camera.

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

Surrounded by a pair of maids and a wishbone replica, a woman holds a turkey that will be given to President Franklin D. Roosevelt for Thanksgiving Day.

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

Surrounded by a pair of maids and a wishbone replica, a woman holds a turkey that will be given to President Franklin D. Roosevelt for Thanksgiving Day.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

In 1942, American troops in London threw a Thanksgiving party for 200 British children at the U.S. headquarters.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

A mother, father and young girl sit down for their Thanksgiving dinner in 1945.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

 
A grandfather holds his grandchildren, while their grandmother removes a roast turkey from the oven, circa the 1950s.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

 
As her family says grace, a young girl ravenously eyes the Thanksgiving turkey in front of her.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

 
A family removes a deliciously cooked Thanksgiving turkey out of the oven in 1960.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

The Rockettes, clad in sparkly green, perform in the 1966 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

During the 1970 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, announcer Joe Garagiola stands in front of a parade pony at the Macy's flagship store.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

Kindergarten students perform in a Thanksgiving pageant at their school circa 1978.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century

Host Regis Philbin poses during the 1981 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

 

18 Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrate Thanksgiving Through the Past Century