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Turkeys on farms and in cities in Illinois get ready to become Thanksgiving meals. Here, Richard Cozzi, 11, rushes to his home on South Morgan Street in Chicago with a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner in November 1955.
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Turkeys on farms and in cities in Illinois get ready to become Thanksgiving meals. Here, Richard Cozzi, 11, rushes to his home on South Morgan Street in Chicago with a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner in November 1955.

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Turkeys on farms and in cities in Illinois get ready to become Thanksgiving meals. Here, Richard Cozzi, 11, rushes to his home on South Morgan Street in Chicago with a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner in November 1955.
Turkeys on farms and in cities in Illinois get ready to become Thanksgiving meals. Here, Richard Cozzi, 11, rushes to his home on South Morgan Street in Chicago with a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner in November 1955.
Deer Hill turkey farm in Palatine, Ill., in 1936.
Deer Hill turkey farm in Palatine, Ill., in 1936.
Deer Hill turkey farm in Palatine, Ill., in 1936.
Deer Hill turkey farm in Palatine, Ill., in 1936.
Friedman Law, 10, runs after turkeys with a hatchet on his family's farm in Mount Carroll, Ill., in November 1940.
Friedman Law, 10, runs after turkeys with a hatchet on his family’s farm in Mount Carroll, Ill., in November 1940.
Deer Hill turkey farm in Palatine, Ill., in 1936.
Deer Hill turkey farm in Palatine, Ill., in 1936.
Joan Cranston and a turkey on Randolph Street in Chicago in November 1947.
Joan Cranston and a turkey on Randolph Street in Chicago in November 1947.
Mary Law hangs a 25-pound turkey to be sent to the market on their turkey farm in Mount Carroll, Ill., in November 1940.
Mary Law hangs a 25-pound turkey to be sent to the market on their turkey farm in Mount Carroll, Ill., in November 1940.
Ronald Hausermann, 11, tries to catch a turkey for his Thanksgiving dinner in Addison, Ill., on Nov. 18, 1950.
Ronald Hausermann, 11, tries to catch a turkey for his Thanksgiving dinner in Addison, Ill., on Nov. 18, 1950.
Turkeys protest the overconsumption of turkeys on holidays on the Law family farm in Mount Carroll, Ill., in November 1940.
Turkeys protest the overconsumption of turkeys on holidays on the Law family farm in Mount Carroll, Ill., in November 1940.
Angela Leason and a turkey on a scale in November 1933.
Angela Leason and a turkey on a scale in November 1933.
Larry Chidley chases a turkey on his family's farm, Sunset Turkey Farm, in Palatine, Ill., in 1942.
Larry Chidley chases a turkey on his family’s farm, Sunset Turkey Farm, in Palatine, Ill., in 1942.
A turkey farm in Libertyville, Ill., in November 1951.
A turkey farm in Libertyville, Ill., in November 1951.
Turkeys reside on the Law family farm in Mount Carroll, Ill., in November 1940.
Turkeys reside on the Law family farm in Mount Carroll, Ill., in November 1940.
Friedman Law, 10, runs after turkeys with a hatchet on his family's farm in Mount Carroll, Ill., in November 1940.
Friedman Law, 10, runs after turkeys with a hatchet on his family’s farm in Mount Carroll, Ill., in November 1940.
A turkey farm on Rand Road near Arlington Heights, Ill., in 1940.
A turkey farm on Rand Road near Arlington Heights, Ill., in 1940.
Richard Cozzi, 11, rushes to his home on South Morgan Street in Chicago with a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner in November 1955.
Richard Cozzi, 11, rushes to his home on South Morgan Street in Chicago with a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner in November 1955.

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