Thanksgiving Feast Artwork

While I missed Canada's Thanksgiving this year, this next pack of 20 PNGs should give the US friends plenty of time to design invitations, place settings, or greeting cards.

A turkey bears an invitation to Thanksgiving, suggested as a place card for the Thanksgiving table, circa 1919.

This batch is a mixed bag from different artists and time periods, and even publications. The oldest images are circa 1869, sourced from newspaper "specimen books" to show off typefaces and ornaments. About half of the images are from homemaking magazines like Good Housekeeping, either as illustrations to stories or as divider bars or section titles. The three hand-lettered versions of the word "Thanksgiving" were all part of a school workbook, showing examples of classroom activities around 1920. A few images in this batch were even sourced from a sales book for pottery!

I selected this batch to focus more on the people, food and cooking aspects of Thanksgiving; if this doesn't quite match what you're looking for, keep an eye out for Thanksgiving pack two in the near future!

A sample of the art from this pack, incorporating four different pieces and glitched using the Radio Free Society image techniques to colorize it.

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