Turkey Day in Holdrege, Nebraska (excerpt, c.1939)

ID: 676 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society ~ Date: c. 1939
This file appears in: Phelps County
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These 8mm home movies taken by A.H. Galvin show the annual Turkey Day festivities in Downtown Holdrege, Nebraska. Live turkeys were loosed from the tops of buildings on the town square. If you caught one, it was yours to cook for Thanksgiving.

This file appears in: Phelps County

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