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Best Easter Wishes: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 4:42pm.
"Best Easter Wishes." Chick pulling flowers in small wagon. Rotograph Company of New York, 1908. View full size.
Poor little chick
Submitted by pattyanne on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 2:42am.
I remember when I was little they used to sell little chicks and bunnies at Easter time. You know what ended up happening to them! Glad they put a stop to that!!
Dig that crazy chick...
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 5:12pm.
I wonder what that chicken went on to do with itself, where it lived, and when it died...
Kinda.
Still alive?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 12:35pm.
Just set in place with super-glue...
P.E.T.A.
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 12:53pm.
Do You mean People for the Eating of Tasty Animals?
mMMMmm
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 04/16/2007 - 4:09pm.
That thing would be GREAT in a PITA!
-geekaustin
I like chicken. I like it
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 04/14/2007 - 10:25pm.
I like chicken. I like it alot.
How far they've fallen
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 04/13/2007 - 10:36pm.
And to think these things used to be dinosaurs...
morbid!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 04/13/2007 - 7:00pm.
the only way to get a chick to stay that still for such a long exposure meant that it had to be dead and stuffed...
Someone please call P.E.T.A
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 6:08pm.
Someone please call P.E.T.A (just kidding :)
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