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Couple Uncrating Turkey by Norman Rockwell

November 26, 1921 Issue of The Literary Digest



Couple Uncrating Turkey, this Norman Rockwell painting, appeared on the cover of The Literary Digest published November 26, 1921...
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This painting was Rockwell's Thanksgiving illustration for 1921.

This illustration was Rockwell's thirty-second picture featured on the cover of The Literary Digest. Rockwell's paintings appeared on the cover forty-seven times total.

The Digest featured Rockwell artwork on the cover twelve times total in 1921 alone. A Rockwell painting appeared on the cover once each month in 1921.

Couple Uncrating Turkey for Thanksgiving

In this painting, Norman Rockwell reminds us how bountiful America was then and still is today.

For Thanksgiving 1921, Rockwell has painted the prelude to a great feast. Thanksgiving is inscribed across the drapes at the top of the painting to remind the viewer.

Man and wife are unpacking their purchase, getting ready to cook a turkey dinner with all the trimmings.

In the foreground, we see all the vegetables to accompany the turkey. Rockwell includes cauliflower, bell pepper, carrot, celery and a pumpkin. Also included in the feast will be pickled beets.

Above the couple, a parakeet chirps happily in his cage, oblivious to the fate of his larger, more succulent cousin.

Rockwell painted scenes that were relevant to his viewers. This painting was published the Saturday after Thanksgiving...
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Couple Uncrating Turkey by Norman Rockwell from the November 26, 1921 issue of The Literary Digest

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