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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A man and a boy use dollies to haul giant musk melons near a train. In red text on the upper center portion is the inscription, "How we do things at Bald K... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Two girls wearing white dresses ride a pig, sitting back-to-back. One girl holds the pig's tail and the other holds its ears. A boy pokes the pig's haunch ... |
| Date: | 10 30 1909 |
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| Description: | An elderly, bearded man hauls a giant onion using a dolly. The man is wearing a black hat and white work gloves. The background shows the side of a barn.... |
| Date: | 10 30 1909 |
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| Description: | A man on a large horse-drawn cart hauls a group of giant sugar beets. The two horses are stepping onto a dirt road. An inscription in the upper left corner... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | An older man is riding a sheep on a dirt road. He has a small barrel, some sausage links, and a loaf of bread. The object in his right hand appears to be a... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two men are hunting with rifles in the Wisconsin woods. It is winter; there is snow on the ground. Instead of shooting a deer, one hunter shoots a giant ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Three young boys gather around a wheelbarrow filled with giant peaches. One of the boys is holding a peach that has been broken open, exposing its pit. Two... |
| Date: | 10 30 1909 |
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| Description: | A group of male laborers load a giant cabbage up a ramp and onto a train car. The side of the train says "Wisconsin and Michigan." A pile of other giant ca... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a man riding three giant potatoes, which are resting on a flatbed horse-drawn cart. A group of three onlookers stare up at the man. Black t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Kickers." A boy wearing waders and holding a rifle stands with his arms ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a man and a boy pulling the husks off of giant ears of corn. The corn fills the foreground, creeping into the house in the background. Th... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a dwarf wearing a top hat driving a cart, drawn by a mule, filled with giant eggs. The dwarf is wearing a suit and a top hat. The mule is... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| 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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