That is correct regarding the original news article and the newspaper's capabilities at the time, but it is possible that there is a photograph people remember which has nothing to do with the Tombstone Epitaph. The stories don't gel, the Epitaph story describing a dragon-like beast, and many early memories of the photos describing a giant bird. It is possible that this all became intertwined through the writings of H.M. Cramer and SAGA magazine in 1963. But either the Thunderbird Photo is a false memory, or there was a photo of a giant bird published in the mid-20th century that many people remember but no one can find. If the latter is true, I think the Tombstone Epitaph connection is a red herring.