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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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Hauling Off Section 37

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Description: Drawing of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, hauling off Section 37. Bunyan has an axe over his shoulder and holds a pipe.
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Paul Bunyan Carrying Babe

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Description: Woodcut illustration of Paul Bunyan carrying his blue ox Babe, when Babe was a calf.
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Grocer and Enormous Plucked Turkey

Date: 04 11 1912
Description: A grocer wearing a long white apron is standing and holding an enormous plucked turkey by its feet. Caption reads: "Fresh and Salt Meats and Groceries, Rea...

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