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Men gathered in downtown Lisbon for Turkey Day

Men gathered in downtown Lisbon for Turkey Day

Men gathered downtown with horses and wagons for Turkey Day, a day just before Thanksgiving during which farmers sold their turkeys to buyers from cities like New York, Boston, and Montreal. Circa 1910. Lisbon, NY.

Click here to read a North Country at Work story on a Lisbon girl who hid notes inside of the turkeys her family sold.

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