1976 Press Photo Lined-up for popcorns Tokyo children

Lined-up for popcorns. Pigeons Line-up on overhead electric powers lines waiting for Tokyo children to spread popcorns on an open-air plot of grass in Ikebukero, a district of the city. Most of the pigeons have left the centre of Tokyo where they became a nuisance and had to be thinned out by trappers and the survivors have flown to the outskirts of Tokyo where there are more pickling. especially from the children who feel sorry for the "Hattopopos", Japanese for pigeons.

Photo measures 5 x 7.25 inches.

Photo is dated 7-7-1976.

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