Turkeys by thousands grow on ranch for Valley dinners
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph caption dated November 23, 1955 reads, "Former city man raises turkeys - Life in the city was abandoned 10 years ago by Phil Vodon, who walks among several thousand of his broad-breasted bronze turkeys at his ranch in Elizabeth Lake Canyon near Lake Hughes. Rancher Vodon raises 8,000 to 10,000 turkeys annually for processing in Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley markets. Turkey will be choice of most Valleyites for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow."; See image #00122084 for additional photo in this series.
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Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Turkeys--Housing--California--San Fernando Valley Turkeys--Breeding--California--San Fernando Valley Turkeys--California--San Fernando Valley Ranches--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley Thanksgiving Day San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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