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Thanksgiving Photos from 'Life': Turkey Bride

Photograph from the Life magazine photo archives on Google In this photo, a woman is modeling her turkey feather wedding dress. No, seriously. The caption reads, "Turkey feather wedding bride Barbara O. Ehrhart, posing with prize turkey carcass." It was taken in 1947, in Turlock, California, by Charles E. Steinheimer. I don't know anyone, fashionista or not, who would wear turkey feathers for her wedding. Based on other photos in this series, it appears Ms. Ehrhart used turkey feathers in all her bridal party's dresses. But the real question here is did they cook the turkey she is posing with for their wedding feast?...

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5 Comments | Posted by Linnea Covington, November 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Tagged: Life magazine, photos, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving fun

Thanksgiving Photos From 'Life' Magazine

Clockwise from top left: President Dwight D. Eisenhower carves a turkey, children in the U.K. eating Thanksgiving dinner, Thanksgiving at Byrd Station, foreign students experience the holiday. More holiday images from the Life Photo Archive on Google. From military children celebrating Thanksgiving in the United Kingdom to Thanksgiving dinner in Antarctica at Byrd Station in 1964, it doesn't appear this holiday's feast has changed. While the clothing is different and most of the photos are in black and white, the people and the food are the same. Families are still apt to welcome friends and foreigners to their tables, all the while sticking to the basic turkey and various accompanying side dishes. The image of Dwight D. Eisenhower's Thanksgiving...

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3 Comments | Posted by Linnea Covington, November 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: Google, Life magazine, photos, Thanksgiving

Historic Photos from 'Life': Thanksgiving Fruit Relish

Photograph from LIFE Magazine Google archives Earlier this week Google made the web a cooler place by adding historic photos from Life magazine to its image archive. We took a look around to check out how Thankgivings past looked. Today, here's a photo of different types of fruit relish from 1959. LIFE featured these dishes as a substitute for cranberries, which were banned at the time because of contamination. The berries had been dusted with a weed-killer called aminotriazole, which caused cancer in rats. This scare came two weeks before the holiday, causing desperate housewives (the 1950s kind) to seek other options. Lucky for the cranberry lovers out there, in 2008 our ruby-red side dish is safe to eat....

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2 Comments | Posted by Linnea Covington, November 20, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Google, Life magazine, Thanksgiving