Photos: A look back at Thanksgiving in Minnesota

A Thanksgiving pageant
Children present a Thanksgiving pageant at Maxfield School in St. Paul in 1904.
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society

Holidays are a grand time to gather for a meal, a group portrait or a game of football. This collection of historical images offers a glimpse of both the expected and unexpected activities of past celebrations.

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