Throwback Thanksgiving In Brooklyn: Kids On Turkey Day

Over the past few weeks we’ve honored the season by creating thankful trees, asking Brooklyn kids to share some of the things that they’re thankful for, and even offering advice on ways you can give back to the community.

Now that Thanksgiving is just one day away, we thought it would be fun to take a step back and explore the ways that Brooklyn families – particularly kids – celebrated the holiday in days gone by.

Kids like Joe Satz, Dennis Krim, Pete Nossal, Bob Lovinger, and Joel Kaplan (shown above, left to right). All members of Boy Scout Troop 500, the boys helped to prepare food baskets for the needy after a successful neighborhood food drive in 1954.

3-year-old pilgrim, Ralph, and his trusty rifle (no word on whether it was an “official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle”), were prepared to shoot down any wild turkeys that might be roaming Brooklyn in 1951. Kinda looks like 2-year-old Harriet wanted a try, too.

In 1952, P.S. 106 students Richard DiStepano and Maureen Kidwell (back), along with Jessie Conlon and Gene Cadaro (front), organized donations that were distributed to Little Sisters of the Poor, the Menorah Home for the Aged and the Lutheran Inner Mission

Finally, 5-year-old Abraham and 4-year-old Irene, two children residing in the Infants Home of Brooklyn, got in the spirt with costumes for the home’s 1954 Thanksgiving Day parade.

How has your family celebrated Thanksgiving through the years? Email editor@bklyner.com and share your photographs with us!