A Unique Family Heirloom

 Below is a picture of a wishbone from a turkey.

A turkey my grandmother baked for her parents’ 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1962

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I think I can safely say the wishbone is at least 63 years old. 

I do not know the age of the turkey when it was slaughtered.

Some might question why I have it.

1) My mother only found the wishbone and note in her items a month or so ago. Obviously, she knew what to do with it. She called me.

2) If anything else was going to be done with the wishbone, it had to have been done 63 years ago. At this point, it would be a crime not to see how many more generations it can be passed down.

3) There have been discussions involving appropriate preservation and display options.

4) I did take a photograph. Just in case it mysteriously disappears.

Here is a photograph of my great grandparents - Herman and Annie (Blatt) Feinstein from May of 1962.

I know the date of the photograph due to a black and white version which appeared in their community newsletter congratulating them on their anniversary.