If you’re having trouble getting in the mood for Thanksgiving, fear not. Here’s some of my favorite Thanksgiving artwork, from the funny to the poignant. All of these images remind me why Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.
(It’s not just because my birthday is sometimes the same day!)
by Bridget Voth
by Natalia Vetrova
by Joseph Christopher
by Norman Rockwell
by Norman Rockwell
by Norman Rockwell
by Norman Rockwell
Vintage Halloween Postcard, artist unknown
Here to add some historical perspective to your Halloween celebrations are some wonderful vintage images of the holiday. The illustrations below were all done during the first half of the 20th Century and they all show that Halloween is a holiday that’s been celebrated treasured for years before we came along and which will continue to be celebrate after all of us are gone.
Enjoy these classic images!
1913, by J.C. Leyendecker
1921, by Normal Rockwell
1923, by J.C. Lyendecker
1926, by Edgar Franklin Wittmack
1934, by Eugene Iverd
1943, by Charles Kaiser
And to all, a happy Halloween!
by Norman Rockwell
by Norman Rockwell
by Norman Rockwell
by Norman Rockwell
Happy Halloween from the Shattered Lens!
by Eugene Iverd
By Norman Rockwell
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
— William Blake
By Norman Rockwell
To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
— Victor Hugo
By Norman Rockwell
By Joseph Christopher
I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.
— Henry David Thoreau
By Norman Rockwell
by Norman Rockwell
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.”
— Oscar Wilde
Through the Shattered Lens 