Classic Thanksgivings

A helium-inflated Superman rises over the Times Square crowd to lead the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1940.

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American actress Joan Crawford carves a Thanksgiving turkey, a pose a lot of stars were asked to strike back then.

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Joe DiMaggio enjoys his Thanksgiving dinner in New York. Nov. 27, 1947.

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Children at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1949.

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American actress Virginia Gibson in a glamorous version of puritan costume, rides a giant Turkey, circa 1952.

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A massive Snoopy balloon floats past a family's living room window during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.

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Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney make a wish.

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John F. Kennedy Jr. on his uncle Ted Kennedy's back on the slopes in Stowe, Vermont, in 1964.

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Young women from the Homewood Patriot Band, in Alabama perform a dance routine at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis helps his daughter, Jacqueline, 3, bite a turkey drumstick as his wife Marva looks on. November 28, 1946.

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First lady Mamie Eisenhower is amused by the gobbling of a 40-pound tom turkey presented to her at the White House on. Nov. 14, 1957

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The Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade passes down Broadway in New York, Nov. 27, 1930.

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Jackie Onassis is shown on horseback in the traditional Essex Fox Hounds Meeting, the annual Thanksgiving Day hunt at the Ellistan Estate in Bedminster, N.J., Thursday, Nov. 27, 1980.

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Pennsylvania Station in New York City is jammed with people during the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt carves the Thanksgiving turkey on his visit to the patients of the Warm Springs, Georgia, Foundation. Nov. 25, 1938.

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The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade looked a whole lot different in 1933.

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An American family picks out their Christmas turkey from a flock. circa 1955

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Classic Thanksgivings

From iconic images of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to FDR digging into a turkey, see photos from the '30s, '40s, all the way through to the '80s.