Jack Pigman stands in the midst of thousands of turkeys that are grown on the Modoc turkey farms in the Copic Bay section of Tulelake, California

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

KP-1217-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Turkeys are sensitive creatures and in order to thrive, must have human companionship. Pigman feeds the turkeys and lives with them in a shack nearby. These turkeys are eight weeks old and will be large thriving toms this fall when the Thanksgiving market has arrived; June 26, 1946; Photo by J. E. Fluharty

Title

Jack Pigman stands in the midst of thousands of turkeys that are grown on the Modoc turkey farms in the Copic Bay section of Tulelake, California

Creator

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

Source

Original photograph: 25 x 21 cm, black & white photo, caption under photo reads "KP-1217-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Jack Pigman of Copic Bay stands in the midst of thousands of turkeys that are grown on the Modoc turkey farms in the Copic Bay section of Tulelake, Calif. Turkeys are sensitive creatures and in order to thrive, must have human companionship. Pigman feeds the turkeys and lives with them in a shack nearby. These turkeys are eight weeks old and will be large thriving toms this fall when the Thanksgiving markes (sic) has arrived. J. E. Fluharty, Photo. June 26, 1946", from Black Binders
Digital reproduction of photograph: KP-1217-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II, Black Binders, Bureau of Reclamation

Date Original

1946-06-26

Date Digitized

2005-07-25

Date Available

2006-06-28

Other Identifiers

local: BOR-25-Jul-2005-1191

Subject (Topic)

Agriculture
Ranch life -- California
Poultry
Turkeys -- Hatcheries
Men
Agriculture

Format

image