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Gobblers: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 5:24pm.
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October 1940, somewhere in North Dakota. Happy Thanksgiving from Shorpy! 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the FSA. View full size.
Failure is an option.
Submitted by rjc on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 2:23pm.
The "Super Committee" after failing to cut spending on the Federal Budget. The left hates the right, the right hates the left. We all pay.
Looking at this picture
Submitted by StefanJ on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 1:14pm.
It just crossed my mind that the turkeys that get a presidential pardon tend to be, well, kind of white.
Sorry for the sarcasm.
And they're all dead now.
Submitted by Baltfan on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 9:51am.
Have to be, it's 71 years ago.
So, So Sad
Submitted by Bull City Boy on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 9:16am.
How ironic it is to think about the hopes and dreams of these fowl and to realize that they are all dead now.
Gotta go tell the king
Submitted by OTY on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 6:11pm.
Turkey Lurkey and cronies on a mission to alert His Majesty that the sky is falling.
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