Images: #TBT Gallery remembers Thanksgiving in the suburbs
In this week's #TBT Gallery, we visit scenes of Thanksgiving celebrations and traditions from around the suburbs in the 1970s.
We scoured the Daily Herald archives to find these file photos of children and adults celebrating Thanksgiving.
According to entries on Wikipedia, Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
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Kids and parents make a Thanksgiving dinner in Schaumburg in November of 1972.
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Dressed in costume, kids make Thanksgiving dinner in Schaumburg in November of 1972.
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Kids and parents make a Thanksgiving dinner in Schaumburg in November of 1972.
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Students enjoy a Thanksgiving Lunch at Miner Junior High in Arlington Heights in 1972.
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Students enjoy a Thanksgiving Lunch at Miner Junior High in Arlington Heights in 1972.
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Thanksgiving Lunch at Miner Junior High in Arlington Heights in 1972.
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Des Plaines children enjoy a turkey festival in November of 1972.
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Dressed in paper pilgrim costumes Des Plaines kids enjoy a turkey festival in November of 1972.
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Dressed as Indians and pilgrims, Des Plaines kids enjoy a turkey festival in November of 1972.
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A Thanksgiving play at Eugene Field Elementary School in Wheeling in November of 1972.
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Students put on a Thanksgiving play at Eugene Field Elementary School in Wheeling in November of 1972.
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A young boy gets some help dishing up a Thanksgiving feast in November of 1970.
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Two children dressed as pilgrims enjoy a Thanksgiving feast in November of 1970.
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People line up to dish up during a home economics class restaurant Thanksgiving dinner in Wheeling in 1979.
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Thanksgiving dinner at Maryville Academy in 1976 in Des Plaines.
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Children dressed pilgrim hats play games during a tiny tots Thanksgiving program in Des Plaines in 1975.
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A young girl dressed as a pilgrim enjoys a cookie during a tiny tots Thanksgiving program in Des Plaines in 1975.
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People enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner at O'Hare USO or (United Service Organizations) in November of 1978.
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A man holds a child during a Thanksgiving dinner at O'Hare USO or (United Service Organizations) in November of 1978.
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