--- title: National Pickle Day: Photos From Celebration in 1949 description: See photos from National Pickle Week in 1949, including a shot of the man who floated in a vat filled with more than 200,000 pickles. canonical: https://time.com/4103468/pickle-day/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-13T14:00:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:50.240Z og:title: Celebrate Pickle Day by Floating in a Giant Vat of Pickles og:description: See photos from National Pickle Week in 1949, including a shot of the man who floated in a vat filled with more than 200,000 pickles. og:url: https://time.com/4103468/pickle-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0222242ea33dcfa3/69886ffe0a4a22f6589c6ed1/151105-pickle-day-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: National Pickle Week, 1949. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrate Pickle Day by Floating in a Giant Vat of Pickles twitter:description: See photos from National Pickle Week in 1949, including a shot of the man who floated in a vat filled with more than 200,000 pickles. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0222242ea33dcfa3/69886ffe0a4a22f6589c6ed1/151105-pickle-day-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Celebrate Pickle Day by Floating in a Giant Vat of Pickles > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Nov 13, 2015 2:00 PM UTC  The Pickle Queen poses with the Three Stooges during National Pickle Week, 1949. The Pickle Queen poses with the Three Stooges during National Pickle Week, 1949. Francis Miller—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Nov 13, 2015 2:00 PM UTC There are many ways to celebrate National Pickle Day on Nov. 14, the tastiest of which would be to enjoy a half-sour or a kosher dill. Another option? Floating in giant vat of pickles, as modeled by Mr. Dill Pickle, a fortuitously named resident of Mississippi, during the inaugural Pickle Week celebration in 1949. In what may be the most alliterative article ever published in LIFE magazine—“Packers preach their product’s perfection with a peck of publicity,” reads the deck below the headline—an image of Mr. Pickle appears above a description of the activities organized by the National Pickle Packer’s Association: --- > “” --- From a business standpoint, the week was a success: Pickle sales increased by 22%. From a floating-in-a-vat-of-brined-cucumbers perspective: also a major win. _Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter_ [_@lizabethronk_](https://twitter.com/LizabethRonk)_._  Caption from LIFE. Mr. Dill Pickle of Mississippi reclines happily in a rubber boat amid 204,681 soggy pickles. Francis Miller—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A giant pickle adorns the front of a car for National Pickle Week, 1949. Francis Miller—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Men take a break after stacking barrels of pickles for National Pickle Week, 1949. Francis Miller—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A man delivers a presentation on pickles during National Pickle Week, 1949. Francis Miller—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Drinking out of a pickle, National Pickle Week, 1949. Francis Miller—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Putting finishing touches on a gigantic pickle, National Pickle Week, 1949. Francis Miller—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The Pickle Queen poses with the Three Stooges during National Pickle Week, 1949. Francis Miller—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The Pickle Queen, National Pickle Week, 1949. Francis Miller—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Models show off pickles for National Pickle Week, 1949. Francis Miller—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Group shot with Pickle Queen, the Three Stooges and others during National Pickle Week, 1949. 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