Subject: Thanksgiving Day

A dance program from Thanksgiving 1884, issued by Max Lindheim & Bro. in Del Rio, Texas. The program lists attendees and includes advertisements on the back. It mentions the Del Rio Club.

Printed invitation to the annual festival of the Baltimore United Hebrew Assistance Society, held on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854, in Baltimore, Maryland. The invitation was issued by Ignatius Lauer and S. G. Putzel, the Society's President and Secretary, respectively. This is the earliest known surviving invitation for a charity event held by the Baltimore United Hebrew Assistance Society.

Issue of Niles' Weekly Register, a newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland on November 13, 1813. This issue contains a report on a day of Thanksgiving declared by the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, in response to U.S. military victories in the War of 1812.

Newspaper clipping from the Providence Patriot, published in Providence, Rhode Island on November 24, 1819. This clipping reprints an editorial from the National Advocate written by Mordecai Manuel Noah, responding to Pennsylvania Governor Findlay's declaration of a state day of thanksgiving for Christians. Noah satirically questions the exclusion of Jews from the governor's proclamation.

Trade card depicting a Black man with a basket. The card is a Thanksgiving Day greeting from Fleischner at 1026 Chestnut Street. The image shows two of three cards. Circa 1885. Part of the collection E, Arc.MS.56, Volume 34, Page 5.

A six-page handwritten sermon delivered by Sabato Morais on Thanksgiving Day, likely in 1864, during the Civil War. The sermon emphasizes American patriotism, the blessings of liberty, and the importance of religion, with allusions to the war and its impact. The manuscript is written in English with a few Hebrew words interspersed. Accompanied by photostatic copies of specimens of Morais' handwriting and two biographical sketches.

This trade card from Fleischner's, a clothing store located at 1026 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, celebrates Thanksgiving. The card is a promotional advertisement that features a charming illustration of a girl teaching a dog tricks using treats. She holds up her right hand and points to the dog, while holding a stick in her left hand. The dog appears to be retrieving the stick. The card is part of a series of three, as indicated by the inscription “Three of three”.