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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard. Two men walk up a ramp leading into a railroad car. Both men are pushing large i... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 10 30 1909 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a giant catfish being hauled on a flatbed horse-drawn cart. A group of men stand around and on the cart looking at the fish. The Williams... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a group of travellers in a car colliding with a steamroller. The travellers have been thrown out of their car and into the air. The words... |
| 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a boy driving a cart drawn by a giant chicken. The back of the cart is filled with giant eggs, and a fence lines the road in the background... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a giant dog pulling an automobile across a landscape. The dog is running, causing the car, which is tethered to the dog's tail by a rope, ... |
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| Description: | A view of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon which is loaded with giant, six-foot-high potatoes, probably to be used as a tall-tale postcard. Caption reads:... |
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| Description: | A view of a horse-drawn wagon carrying three huge "Rattlesnake" watermelons. Each watermelon has a weight: 300 pounds, 285 pounds, and 260 pounds. The whee... |
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| Description: | A view of a man standing next to an oxen-drawn wagon carrying a giant pumpkin. Text on the photograph reads: "Just The Right Size For One Pumpkin Pie." Cap... |
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| Description: | Composite photograph in the "Tall Tale" style. An enormous bovine stands on the front deck of the Pere Marquette 21, a steamer. On the right, on the... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Composite photograph of 65 photographic prints of young children and infants, trimmed out and attached to the photograph of an open bed truck parked in fro... |
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| Description: | Two men are standing on and near a pile of exaggerated, large ears of corn. One man is standing on the pile of corn and swinging a tool to remove the kerne... |
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