“Thanksgiving Story” told by a 7-year-old, 1961

Photo Credit: George Brich/Los Angeles Public Library

Joni French, 7, holds a sign that says, “On Thanksgiving the turkeys are afraid. But if I were a turkey I would walk behind a man so he would not chop my head off.” Behind Joni, Kevin Brown, 7, stands along with a chalkboard illustrating a turkey walking behind a man on November 15, 1961.