This is so fun, Sarah!! We'll for sure be listening for our Thanksgiving cooking and dining! I think it'll just be our family for Thanksgiving, and with everything careening toward Christmas already, I want to savor this.
I totally understand that. I'm so glad this playlist has helped others who want to slow down to savor Thanksgiving like me! You'll have to let me know how you like it!
Thank you for the playlists! I see favorites on both of them. I enjoyed looking at the ads for turkey dinners because I live about 20 miles from KC. Several of the names are familiar: the Savoy is still open and I think at the original location. The Hotel Continental and Bellerive I think are now luxury apartments. The Hotel Phillips, Muehelbach, Ambassador, and President are still in operation under Hilton or Marriott. An interesting tidbit of history on the Hotel President; it closed in 1980 and stood empty until the early 2000s when a developer wanted to reopen it. When they went in to look at it, they had to wear filter masks because there was a foot or more of pigeon dung throughout the first floor! It reopened in 2005 complete with the original Drum Room which opened the first time in 1941. Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra (amongst other famous singers I’m sure!) performed there. Sometimes I forget how much history KC has! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
That is so fascinating! Thank you for sharing some of that local history from this newspaper! I look at wartime ads from all around the country but it's really exciting when it's a place where you live!
I also have question after reading the 1943 wartime ads: what were ration allotments for restaurants? They must have differed, according to one ad which says “No worries about ration points” when eating Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant.
To your second question - restaurants did not ask for ration points from customers because they had their own set of ration points as a restaurant. So instead, to control how much was going out, customers were limited to a certain portion amount of rationed items like meat or sugar (no sugar bowls on the table for their coffee!) I have a restaurant episode planned for next season that will get into much of this!
From my understanding: Ration allotments were based on percentages of that same month, but in the previous year. So if in 1942 the restaurant used x amount of meat, then they got maybe 60% of that amount in 1943. It all depended on the item availability during that time and a bunch of other factors. It's super confusing! lol
Thanks for more information. I love looking into the WW2 history. My parents were married in 1940 and lived through the war years with my 2 older brothers. One was born the day after D-day. It was all the doctors and nurses could talk about, according to my Mom, as they waited for my brother to make his appearance.
I’m rambling, sorry. Anyway, I will be watching for that restaurant episode.
Thanks again. I really enjoy the things you share.
Such a wonderful playlist! Thank you for putting it together. I found many of my favorites from Bing Crosby, Perry Como, and the incomparable Glenn Miller - as well as some I’ve never heard before. Perfect antidote to Commercial Christmas Overwhelm.
This is so fun, Sarah!! We'll for sure be listening for our Thanksgiving cooking and dining! I think it'll just be our family for Thanksgiving, and with everything careening toward Christmas already, I want to savor this.
I totally understand that. I'm so glad this playlist has helped others who want to slow down to savor Thanksgiving like me! You'll have to let me know how you like it!
Thank you for the playlists! I see favorites on both of them. I enjoyed looking at the ads for turkey dinners because I live about 20 miles from KC. Several of the names are familiar: the Savoy is still open and I think at the original location. The Hotel Continental and Bellerive I think are now luxury apartments. The Hotel Phillips, Muehelbach, Ambassador, and President are still in operation under Hilton or Marriott. An interesting tidbit of history on the Hotel President; it closed in 1980 and stood empty until the early 2000s when a developer wanted to reopen it. When they went in to look at it, they had to wear filter masks because there was a foot or more of pigeon dung throughout the first floor! It reopened in 2005 complete with the original Drum Room which opened the first time in 1941. Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra (amongst other famous singers I’m sure!) performed there. Sometimes I forget how much history KC has! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
That is so fascinating! Thank you for sharing some of that local history from this newspaper! I look at wartime ads from all around the country but it's really exciting when it's a place where you live!
So cool! I see some tracks I’ve never heard of before. Here’s a similar playlist I made, in case there might be some tracks on it you wanna add to yours 👍🏽 Thanks for making and sharing your playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ECypfHHk2o1xVfWt2JdA3?si=I9ubCumgQHGIMy9OfWaf1Q&pi=u-ssFEatw3RsWQ https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/thanksgiving-100-years-ago/pl.u-b754HZN2A1
Thanks for sharing. I added some to my playlist!
Yay! Thanks for letting me know and Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 I intend on adding some from yours to mine, too. Just been too busy to do it yet haha😆
Thank you, I'll definitely check it out!
I love a good vintage playlist, thank you!
You're welcome! ☺️
I also have question after reading the 1943 wartime ads: what were ration allotments for restaurants? They must have differed, according to one ad which says “No worries about ration points” when eating Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant.
To your second question - restaurants did not ask for ration points from customers because they had their own set of ration points as a restaurant. So instead, to control how much was going out, customers were limited to a certain portion amount of rationed items like meat or sugar (no sugar bowls on the table for their coffee!) I have a restaurant episode planned for next season that will get into much of this!
From my understanding: Ration allotments were based on percentages of that same month, but in the previous year. So if in 1942 the restaurant used x amount of meat, then they got maybe 60% of that amount in 1943. It all depended on the item availability during that time and a bunch of other factors. It's super confusing! lol
Thanks for more information. I love looking into the WW2 history. My parents were married in 1940 and lived through the war years with my 2 older brothers. One was born the day after D-day. It was all the doctors and nurses could talk about, according to my Mom, as they waited for my brother to make his appearance.
I’m rambling, sorry. Anyway, I will be watching for that restaurant episode.
Thanks again. I really enjoy the things you share.
What a fun family story! I can't imagine what your mom was thinking at the time. She had two things to celebrate at the same time! 😄
Such a wonderful playlist! Thank you for putting it together. I found many of my favorites from Bing Crosby, Perry Como, and the incomparable Glenn Miller - as well as some I’ve never heard before. Perfect antidote to Commercial Christmas Overwhelm.
Fantastic! I'm so glad you're enjoying it!
I'm listening now! All my favorites, I'm hearing so far... thank you!
You're welcome! I'll keep updating it as I find more. Do you have any you think should be added? Thanks for listening!