On this Day Factola
Thanksgiving and "The Turkey Trot"
The Cosmopolitan, November
1901
The Edison Phonograph Monthly, November 1904
Thanksgiving Menu originated by the Buffalo Phonograph Company, Buffalo NY in November 1905, The Edison Phonograph Monthly, January 1907
The Horn of Plenty, The Talking Machine World, January 1907
The Edison Phonograph Monthly, November 1909
Suggestions for Thanksgiving
Window Display Cards
The Edison Phonograph Monthly, November 1909
St. Nicholas Magazine, November 1911
The Edison Phonograph Monthly, November 1912
The Talking Machine World, January 15, 1913
The Talking Machine World, 1919
"After the Thanksgiving Dinner hear the voice of the Outer World," The Talking Machine World, November 1922
Decca Records, 78 RPM, 1948
Decca 45 RPM, circa 1950
Wurlitzer ad, November 1946
Trader Joe's Thanksgiving ad, 2013
Radio KKYR, November 2014, Jeffrey Collingwood, Thinkstock
Thanksgiving Playlist for Google Play Music
October Columbia Display prepared by the Columbia Dealer Service Department, The Talking Machine World, September 1920
The Talking Machine World, September 1920
The Turkey Trot
Everybody's Doing it!
WATCH Dixie Dunbar and Wally Vernon do the Turkey Trot in the 1938 movie Alexander's Ragtime Band. Vocal by Alice Faye.
Postcard circa 1912
Mutt and Jeff Tobacco Insert Card for Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, circa 1911
It’s scandalous! It’s immoral! It’s the “Turkey Trot”!
