They brought the ducks but didn't have a dinner on them. Washington, D.C., March 8. The Biological Survey Department of the Interior Department this morning took several crates of ducks to a waterfowl sanctuary near Washington on the Potomac River and released them as part of the survey's experiment
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- 1940
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- Harris & Ewing
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"They brought the ducks but didn't have a dinner on them. Washington, D.C., March 8. The Biological Survey Department of the Interior Department this morning took several crates of ducks to a waterfowl sanctuary near Washington on the Potomac River and released them as part of the survey's experiment" (1940). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:They_brought_the_ducks_but_didn%27t_have_a_dinner_on_them._Washington,_D.C.,_March_8._The_Biological_Survey_Department_of_the_Interior_Department_this_morning_took_several_crates_of_ducks_to_a_LCCN2016877243.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 297915.
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