Thanksgiving in Canada is almost here and I’m looking forward to celebrating with my family. I can’t wait to eat pumpkin pie, turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and anything else that lands on my plate. I love it! But mostly being with family.

For today’s post I have put together some vintage Thanksgiving advertising from 1920s to 1950s for all of you to enjoy. Let’s begin!

1930s vintage magazine cover for Macleans Magazine featuring an older woman making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.

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“Well, Mr. Turkey, you’ll have to share honors with RITZ this Thanksgiving”. 1940s ad for Ritz Crackers a product of National Biscuit Company.

1940s ad for Ritz Crackers a product of National Biscuit Company. Ilustration features a woman holding a Ritz cracker box and showcases the different things you can do with ritz crackers.

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1928 Diamond Walnuts ad. “What would Thanksgiving be without Walnuts?”.

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1950s advertisement for Budweiser Beer. Bud goes perfect with turkey (“It’s Bound To Be BUD”).

1950s vintage ad for Budweiser Beer. Serve Budweiser at your Thanksgiving dinner. Illustration of a man drinking beer while his mother serves the turkey.

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Ham is equally as yummy as turkey on Thanksgiving (sorry to those who don’t eat meat). A 1948 Wilson’s Ham advertisement.

1940s vintage ad for Wilson's Ham for Thanksgiving - 1948. The illustration features a Turkey on a platter with

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Servel refrigerator ad 1948. Store your thanksgiving meals in the “stays slient-last longer” gas refrigerator.

1940s vintage ad for Servel refrigerator ad 1948. The GAS Refrigerator is perfect to hold your Thanksgiving meals. The ad illustration features

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“When It’s Turkey Time…it’s Canada Dry Time!”. I do enjoy a good Ginger Ale personally. Do you? -1950s advertisement.

1950s Vintage Ad for Canada Dry Ginger Ale-Enjoy at Thanksgiving time!

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1950s Bell Telephone Ad (a Canadian telecommunications company). “Happy Thought for Thanksgiving: Telephone the folks back home”.

1950s vintage ad for Bell Telephone. Call your folks on Thanksgiving. Illustration features a woman on the phone talking to her family.

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1953 Thanksgiving Poster for Jacronda Mfg Co.

Vintage Thanksgiving Advertisement: 1950s Children's Thanksgiving Poster, Jacronda Mfg. Co. from 1953. The illustration features two kids at the dinner table with a turkey.

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“Let’s Talk Turkey” “Adam Shirts for Thanksgiving and everday”. 1950s ad.

1950s vintage ad for Adam Shirts perfect for Thanksgiving and everyday. 1950s mens fashion.

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Lucky Strike Cigarettes 1950s ad. “Thanksgiving is a delightful day for turkeys and the like – But you will have a happy time if you smoke Lucky Strike!”

1950s vintage ad for Lucky strike Cigarettes for enjoying on Thanksgiving. Illustration features a woman holiding a pumpkin by a turkey with a cigarette in hand.

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“Serve 7 Turkeys for Thanksgiving!!! ONE on a Platter… and Six made from Cranberry Sauce!.” Get it? There are 6 in the SHAPE of a turkey? HA! Vintage Ocean Spray Cranberry 1940s ad.

1940s vintage ad for Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce. Thanksgiving Turkey's & Cranberry sauce go hand in hand.

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Coca Cola Thanksgiving Commercial from the 1950s (video link).

Thanks for dropping by! This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for all of my readers. It’s been a fun 10 years of blogging so far!

Further Reading:

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

Liz

Easter is just around the corner and so for today’s post, I would like to share with you some fun vintage Easter magazine covers I found from the 1920s-1950s.

Let’s hop to it!

April, 1947- Life Magazine Cover – Vintage Ladies Holding Dogwood Blossoms

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Vintage Easter Magazine Covers: 1920s-1950s

“Romantic Easter” by J. C. Leyendecker on the cover of ‘The Saturday Evening Post,’ March 31, 1934.

This is so stunning!

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‘McCall’s Magazine’ April 1954 featuring on the cover different ways you can DIY you Easter eggs into a bunny & birds.

1950s Vintage Magazine Easter Cover-McCall's Magazine April 1954. Featuring Easter eggs and easter bunny and birds done DIY.

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Now that is a Spring / Easter Bonnet! WOW what a hat on our ‘Marie Claire’ cover model from April 1939.

1930s Vintage Magazine-Easter / Spring Cover. Marie Claire April 1939 magazine cover featuring a woman surrounded by flowers and wearing a 1930s vintage hat Easter Bonnet

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“Chocolate Easter Bunnies” ‘Saturday Evening Post’ Cover, March 25, 1950.

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Real Easter Bunnies! ‘The Modern Priscilla Magazine’, April 1920.

The Modern Priscilla Magazine-April 1920s featuring 2 Easter Bunnies on the cover. 1920s vintage magazine.

‘This Week Magazine’-March 24th, 1940.

1940s Vintage Magazine March 24th 1940 (This Week Magazine) featuring a little girl with curls in a pretty Easter Dress holding a basket of flowers.

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‘Child Life’, The Children’s Own Magazine April 1940. Cover artist Keith Ward. I love how the Easter Bunny is painting the egg. Too cute!

1940s Vintage Magazine featuring the Easter Bunny. CHILD LIFE, published in 1940 artist Keith Ward.

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‘Mademoiselle’, The Magazine for Smart Young Women – March 1948. Another fun Easter hat on the cover and inside you would of been able to see some lovely Easter fashions.

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And now for something completely different…..’Rothmans Cigarette Paper’, Easter 1932.

That is an interesting way to light your smoke.

1930s vintage magazine 1930s vintage pager: Rothmans Cigarette Paper 1932 1930s UK easter magazines

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‘Better Living Magazine’ – April 1954 Easter issue. “Learn how to make the Hoppity Bunny in 10 mins.”

1950s Vintage Magazine Better Living April 1954 Issue featuring an Easter Bunny on the Cover.

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An adorable mother and daughter painting Easter eggs together on the cover of the April 1949 ‘Journal’.

1940s Vintage Magazine: Journal April 1949 featuring an illustration of a Mother and daugther painting eggs together.

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‘The Country Gentleman’ April 4th, 1925. The oldest agricultural journal in the world.

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‘Family Circle Magazine’ – April 1953. The issue features Easter recipes, Spring fashions and more!

1950s Vintage Magazine Cover for Family Circle Magazine-April 1953. The Cover features a young girl with curly hair holding a bunny. Magazine features Easter Recipes and spring fashions.

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FURTHER READING:

Vintage Easter Blog Posts 1920s-1960s (Archived)
Vintage Magazines 1920s-1960s (Archived)

Happy Easter to all that celebrate! Oh and don’t forget to share your favourite magazine cover in the comments section below.

Liz

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