Tuesday, December 25, 2012

When we shot turkeys on the Bowery for Christmas


Per the description at the New York Public Library Digital Galleries:

A Christmas "turkey-shoot" on the Bowery. (1897)

Happy holidays to you... and whatever your traditions are...
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5 comments:

  1. Laura Goggin PhotographyDecember 25, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    Merry Christmas, Grievers, one and all!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 11:51 AM

    You shot a TARGET & won a turkey. You didn't shoot the turkey, until maybe later, or you just cut its head off.... Merry Christmas!

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  3. Marty WombacherDecember 25, 2012 at 12:31 PM

    Merry Christmas everybody!

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  4. DrBOPDecember 25, 2012 at 3:31 PM

    THOUGHT the headline was maybe about a historical Annual Santa-Con Shoot that I mighta missed readin' about.

    C'mon......it's Christmas......guy can dream, can't he?

    MerryMerryJoyJoy everybody!

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  5. glammaDecember 26, 2012 at 12:46 PM

    First turkeys, then heroin, now high-end photo shoots. Next up: space invaders!

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