The RHS Facebook page is a rich archive of history-related posts by Carol Flynn, RHS Facebook admin and writer until mid-2025. Carol prolifically wrote a wide variety of meticulously researched local history articles for RHS. She continues to write for the Beverly Review and other media sources with articles particularly focused on local Ridge history.
Vintage Postcards
HAPPY THANKSGIVING from the Ridge Historical Society
Thanksgiving, more than any other U.S. holiday, has a traditional menu associated with it.
This vintage postcard shares a typical dinner from 100+ years ago.
Diners could enjoy a multi-course meal at the downtown hotels. Here is an ad for Thanksgiving dinner at the Bismark Hotel that appeared in the Chicago Tribune in November 1923.
Taking us back to the reason Christmas exists through vintage postcards.