Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: platters

"And were it not for Friday's pain, that sadly comes in Thursday's train, I should be full of gratitude!"

Hood College , located in Frederick, Maryland, was known as the Woman's College of Frederick until 1913, the year before this Thanksgiving dinner was held. -------- Hood College, Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, 1914, Menu Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat and we can eat; Sae let the Lord be thankit. --Burns. Grape fruit au marasquin, olives, celery, radishes, salted almonds. Lemon sherbert, roast turkey with giblet sauce, sweet potatoes en glace, cranberry jelly, corn en creme. Bird's nest salad, saltines. Mince pie, pumpkin pie, nuts, raisins, mints, cafe demi tasse. Ah, sweet content, where doth thy labour hold? --Barnabe Barnes.

"The kind we raise on our farm. Come over to dinner soon."

...except for the poor turkeys forced to carry their cooked kin upon their backs. A bizarre Thanksgiving greeting posted for the Weird Vintage Postcards group.