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Tall-tale Postcard: One Montana Spud

Date: 1910
Description: A giant potato rests on a single flatbed railroad car, which is part of the Great Northern line. A white banner on the potato says, "The Way We Raise Potat...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Fertile Lands with Potato

Date: 1910
Description: A giant, oddly-shaped potato rests on a flatbed railroad car. A horse-drawn carriage with a driver is visible behind the train. White bags filled with pota...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Bringing in the Sheaves

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a farm scene with giant produce. A man and a woman stand on top of a giant ear of corn, resting on a horse-drawn cart. Around them are mor...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Our Watermelons Grow Big

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a horse-drawn cart that is hauling giant watermelons broken down in the middle of a road. The driver of the cart inspects the broken wheel ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Giant Corn Cob

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of two men riding a giant ear of corn resting on a large, flatbed horse-drawn cart. The driver is standing on the corn, preparing to whip the ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Showing Off the Corn

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a man, wearing a bow tie and straw boater hat, sitting on top of a giant ear of corn. A crowd of onlookers gather around the man, suggestin...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Onion Mound

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Potatoes Grow Big in Our State

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a man, wearing overalls, sitting on a mound of giant potatoes resting on a flatbed horse-drawn cart. The man is sitting sideways, holding t...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Gold Mine On The Farm

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of a giant pig in a pen. A man, standing in the pen, is holding a giant ear of corn for the pig to eat. Numerous ears of oversized corn litter...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Potato-The Kind We Raise in Maine

Date: 1943
Description: Man standing with arms outstretched atop a giant potato, resting on a red flatbed train car. The train car says "B & A 321" on the side in white letters, ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Grown Near Ruby, Wisconsin

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Description: Photomontage of two giant green apples resting on top of a flatbed railroad car. Caption reads: "Grown near Ruby, Wis." Marking on the side of the railroa...
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Tall-tale Postcard: A Heavy One

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a giant ear of corn resting on a flatbed wagon. The ear is so heavy that is has broken the hitch, and the driver is going to assess the da...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Giant Lettuce/Cabbage

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Description: Photomontage of two giant heads of lettuce/cabbage resting on a flatbed railroad car. The side of the car is imprinted with, "L.S. & M.S. 26 D23," showing...
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Tall-tale Postcard: This is the Kind of Peaches We Raise

Date: 1924
Description: Photomontage of three women lifting baskets filled with giant peaches. The foreground as lines with other giant peaches. The top of the image is trimmed ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Grapes

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a stack of giant grapes resting on a flatbed cart. The side of the cart bears the inscription, "Wells Fargo Company Express." Red text at...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Who Cares for an Auto

Date: 1916
Description: Three men ride a dairy cow on a dirt road, while a fourth pulls at the cow's tail. Of the three men, one is holding a tennis racket, one is holding a golf ...
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Man Rolling a Cigarette

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Description: Studio portrait of a man sitting in a chair rolling a cigarette in front of a painted backdrop. A tin of Prince Albert Tobacco sits on his knee.
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Four Young People with Blackberries

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four young people. From left to right: Teresa Kalscheur Endres, Frank Kalscheur, Julia Kalscheur, and Ter...
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College of Agriculture on Campus

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view from west of University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. In the foreground are lawns, fields, fences, and trees. There is a large...
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Come to Wisconsin for "Health and Wealth"

Date: 1913
Description: Smiling woman in white dress posing in a wheat field.

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