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The Civil War and American Art
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November 2012
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Thanksgiving Menu, 1905
Illustrator George Elbert Burr created this menu for a Thanksgiving dinner that included mashed potatoes, English plum pudding, Charlotte Russe dessert and of course, the turkey.
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