Sepia Saturday

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Every week Sepia Saturday bloggers are challenged with a visual prompt like this week's which is above.

Inspired by another Sepian inspired me with Thanksgiving Day photos.


As this picture shows children react differently to being seated at the children's table away from the adults. 

Delano, Jack, photographer. The children's table at the Crouch family Thanksgiving Day dinner. Ledyard, Connecticut. United States Connecticut Ledyard New London County, 1940. Nov. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017793114/.


Little context given for this picture, but I love the hats. It looks like a fun party.

Harris & Ewing, photographer. Children Wearing Costumes Seated at Table. United States, 1928. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016888749/.


They're all smiles at this children's table. I'm not sure why they'd eat a bird with all it's feathers still on.

Thanksgiving Picture. (n.d.) Loretta Brady's Pinterest.com Board

How'd you like sitting at the children's table? When were you moved to the adults' table?

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Comments

  1. ScotSueNovember 28, 2021 at 12:15 PM

    With a small family and no cousins close by, I never experienced sitting at a children’s table. There was just my brother and I at the main table with adults at family get together. My favourite the lovely vintage coloured card.

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  2. Molly's CanopyNovember 28, 2021 at 7:20 PM

    I love the first photo. The kids table at our house was always the place to be growing up. Much more rowdy and fun than the more formal adult table :-)

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  3. Mike BrubakerNovember 29, 2021 at 9:08 AM

    Your second children's table looks like either a birthday or Christmas party, but I can easily imagine the noise and laughter. Cleaning up afterwards must have been a real chore.

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  4. La NightingailNovember 29, 2021 at 9:16 AM

    My aunt & uncle had a table that expanded forever, or so it seemed, so big family dinners - Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas - took place at their house which allowed all of us to sit together - children and adults alike. There were 18 of us! What I remember most was waiting (and waiting) for my uncle to carve the turkey or ham so there was enough to go round, and then began the endless passing of the rest of the meal - gravy, stuffing, potatoes, yams, peas, Brussels sprouts, rolls, butter, cranberry relish, and there must have been more because just as you raised your fork to take a bite, here would come another dish to be passed! And then came dessert - pumpkin pie, mince pie with hard sauce, or cake, not to mention cookies and candy. And after the women cleared all the plates and helped clean the kitchen, the entertainment would begin. One cousin played his trombone. Another danced a ballet number accompanied on the piano by our grandmother. I sang - also accompanied by grandmother. And those who took piano lessons from grandmother plunked out a tune or two. If it was Christmas, of course, we all sang Christmas carols. Wonderful memories! :)

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  5. AnonymousDecember 1, 2021 at 7:09 AM

    The small children's table in the first photo reminds me of times relegated to a table with children I didn't know well and felt a bit uncomfortable with. Sometimes the children's table is fun, sometimes not so much.

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