Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Elections...When Turkeys Rain from an Airplane Hanging from Rudimentary Tiny Parachutes

 


Artist is Walter Molino (1915-1997). Picture is titled Election Poultry (how appropriate) for publication La Domenica del Corriere, 1951

Caption reads: In Francavilla al Mare (a comune and town in the province of Chieti, Italy), during a rally for the local elections, a speaker made propaganda leaflets, chocolates, flowers and, supreme flattery, live chickens and turkeys rain from an airplane hanging from rudimentary tiny parachutes. 

Illustration for Courier Sunday, 17 June 1951.

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