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Farmer selling Thanksgiving turkey
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12/29/2011
Farmer selling Thanksgiving turkey
A photo of a farmer selling a Thanksgiving turkey to another farmer outside a warehouse where tobacco auction sales are being held. Durham, North Carolina
Date & Place: in Durham, North Carolina United States
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11/22/2017
In 1939 North Carolina, you could buy your Thanksgiving turkey from the back of a truck!
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Photo of Michael Lewis Michael Lewis
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11/22/2017
Most people today would not want to go through the "hassle" of cleaning and processing that bird.
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11/22/2017
I wouldn't! :)
Photo of Michael Lewis Michael Lewis
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11/22/2017
It's not that big of a job, but a little messy.
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11/22/2017
Michael Lewis C'mon - just plucking all of those feathers probably takes a LONG time! :) But I wonder if we know what a real turkey tastes like?
Photo of Michael Lewis Michael Lewis
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11/22/2017
I have many friends that are turkey hunters, it takes maybe 45 minutes.
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11/22/2017
Our birds don't look like this! (1940) Crouch Thanksgiving, 1940
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11/22/2017
AncientFaces- are you SURE that's a turkey? I've never seen a long skinny turkey like that!
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11/22/2017
You sure got that right!!!!!
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11/22/2017
Christal Keel You would have in 1940! :)
Photo of Maria Mesing Maria Mesing
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11/22/2017
AncientFaces YES HERE FAMILY FROM DOWN SOUTH COME TO SHOOT DURING TURKEY SEASON AND WAS GOOD AND DEER HUNTING WE HAVE OVER 35 AT TIME OF TURKEYS COME TO OUR PASTURE, PINES AND 10 ACRES AND MANY STAGS AND DOE AND FAWNS,LOVE TO REST UNDER THE ROSE BUSHES AND TREES WE HAVE WATER FOR THEM AND APPLES BEAUTIFUL TO SEE GOD CREATURES AND LITTLE CRITTERS-
Photo of Tim Rickett Tim Rickett
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11/22/2017
I buy my bird off the front of a freezer.
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Photo of Becky Kelly Becky Kelly
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11/22/2017
Did you notice it all man buying the Turkey's, no women. Today it is mostly women grocery shopping and buying the turkeys big difference in time.
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Photo of Maria Mesing Maria Mesing
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11/22/2017
OH PLEEEZE WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY IT WAS SEXIST BS THE MAN WAS THE BREAD BACK THEN THEY WERE REL MEN! AND TODAY MOST ARE HUNTERS AND KILL THOSE WILD TURKEY AND DON 'T MIND A BIT SKINNING THEM UNLESS ON S A GIRLIE IS WEARING A PNK TWAT
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11/22/2017
Hudderite communities or hunters
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11/22/2017
Josh Smith
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11/22/2017
No josh my mom raised our turkey for thanksgiving but always cried when my dad killed it 😂😂
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Photo of Barbara Johnson Byars Barbara Johnson Byars
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11/22/2017
Yes and chickens too.
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Photo of Ryan Grab Ryan Grab
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11/22/2017
Nothing wrong with knowing where your food comes from. Or the process it takes to get it from there to the table. A lot of people have no clue about any of this. Why I enjoy hunting, fishing etc. I know exactly where that venison etc came from and what had to happen to it to get in the freezer or on the table.
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Photo of Nancy Thompson Nancy Thompson
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11/22/2017
No, I would name them and they would be my pet. But, I do remember plucking feathers and cleaning the bird when I was a kid. Seems like they tasted better then.
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Photo of Maria Mesing Maria Mesing
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11/22/2017
BOY HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE CITY TOOO LONG LADY
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11/22/2017
They're ugly mean !!!
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