October 1939. Chaffee County, Colorado. "Paul Arnold, son of FSA client. Herding turkeys." Gobbler and gobblee. Photo by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1940. Ledyard, Connecticut. "Two of the Crouch family boys coming home for the Thanksgiving Day dinner after a morning of hunting in the woods." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1940. "Ledyard, Connecticut. Mr. T.L. Crouch, a Rogerine Quaker, preparing to carve the Thanksgiving turkey." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Admin. View full size.

November 28, 1940. "Mrs. T.L. Crouch, of Ledyard, Connecticut, pouring some water over her twenty-pound turkey on Thanksgiving Day." Happy Thanksgiving from Shorpy! Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1941. "Eating a five-cent hot lunch at the Woodville public school. Greene County, Georgia." Happy Thanksgiving from Shorpy! Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.

November 28, 1940. Ledyard, Connecticut. "The family of Mr. Timothy Levy Crouch, a Rogerene Quaker, at their annual Thanksgiving Day dinner. A twenty-pound turkey was dispensed with in short order." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1939. "Selected turkeys on the racks awaiting shipment. Cooperative poultry house in Brownwood, Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

"W.S. Day of Greenwood Farm, Dawsonville, Maryland, Nov. 13, 1925." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

December 27, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Cooks with turkey, pies, and apples on platters." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C. "Thanksgiving 1919." Once this chilly-looking fellow is properly dressed and warmed up in the kitchen, he'll have an honored place at the family table. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

November 26, 1929. "Thanksgiving turkeys for the President." Two feathered and one automotive. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

Dec. 4, 1937. Washington, D.C. "Correct way to bake turkey. H.E. McClure, of the Bureau of Husbandry, tests the turkey meat for odor." With this pungent image, Shorpy begins his seventh holiday season online and wishes a Happy Thanksgiving to all! Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

November 1922. Washington, D.C. "White House turkey 'Supreme 3' with unidentified people." Glimpsed here yesterday along with much informative commentary. Happy Thanksgiving from Shorpy! View full size.

November 1922. Washington, D.C. "Truck with White House turkey, 'Supreme 3.'" National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

October 1940, somewhere in North Dakota. Happy Thanksgiving from Shorpy! 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the FSA. View full size.