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Main Street at Night

Date: 1912
Description: Caption reads: "Main St. at Night, Fond du Lac, Wis." A car is parked along the curb in the foreground with its headlights on. A theater is across the stre...
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Bartlett Cottage

Date: 1912
Description: Caption reads: "Bartlett Cottage, Ripon College, Ripon, Wis."
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Tall-tale Postcard: Plenty Potatoes

Date: 1912
Description: Two men, one wearing overalls and one wearing suspenders, stand on top of a mound of giant potatoes. A large cart drawn by two horses carries the potatoes ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Our Barn is Full

Date: 1912
Description: Several women and a man are outside of a barn, which is overflowing with giant onions, corn, and potatoes. A ladder is placed against the large stack of on...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Cooking Fish

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a group of people cooking over an open fire at a campsite. One man is blowing the fire underneath a kettle, while two other men look on. A ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Beating the Coal Trust

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a man sawing a giant ear of corn as though it was a log. Beside him an ax is wedged in a stump-like piece of corn. A mound of giant ears ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Carrots

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of three women and a little girl pulling up a giant carrot root. Several other giant carrots, some of which have been pulled out of the ground...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Overloaded

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a horse carrying a bundle of giant ears of corn on its back. A boy is struggling to pull the horse towards the side of the road. A young ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Boy Scouts

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a group of five boy scouts around a cooking fire. The scouts watch as a giant potato, suspended over the fire, slowly roasts. They are wear...
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The First House in Fond du Lac, Wis., Built in 1837

Date: 1912
Description: Illustration of a log cabin with Native Americans and settlers gathered in front. Caption reads: "The First House in Fond du Lac, Wis., Built in 1837."
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Ceresco High School

Date: 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Ceresco High School, Ripon, Wis." A two-story schoolhouse with basement windows along the foundation, and attic space. The school ha...
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Parade Float

Date: 1912
Description: Several people, holding umbrellas, are riding in a car decorated with many tissue paper pom poms for a parade. There are miniature horse models on the hood...

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