Science Source Stock Photo - Gathering the Flock, Thanksgiving Turkeys, 1873

Gathering the Flock, Thanksgiving Turkeys, 1873

Description: A young boy playing a recorder or pipe with wild turkeys at his feet and a dog resting on a stonewall. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. Thanksgiving was celebrated nationally in 1789, after a proclamation by George Washington. It has been celebrated as a federal holiday every year since 1863, when President Lincoln proclaimed it a national day of "Thanksgiving". In 1941, President Roosevelt signed a bill making the date of Thanksgiving a matter of federal law and fixing the day as the fourth Thursday of November. Original by F. Steinmann. Published by A. & C. Kaufmann, 1873,

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Library of Congress/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS2712920

Legacy Identifier: JC7547

Type: Image

Size: 3371px × 4050px (~39 MB)

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