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Boy with Dog Pulling Wagon

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Description: Three small children with a wagon drawn by a dog.
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Louis Dahl's Livery

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Description: Louis Dahl's Livery and Feed Stable.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Musk Melons

Date: 1911
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...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Trout on Truck

Date: 1976
Description: Photomontage of a giant trout resting on the back of a bright red flatbed pickup truck. Children look on with awe; one is pointing at the trout. White curs...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: A Kansas Air Ship

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a giant grasshopper lifting an anchored basket with a baby girl inside. The rope tethered to the basket has a large American flag attached ...
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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: Father Works

Date: 1910
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...
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Girl Pushing Baby Carriage

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Description: Cat jumping out of a baby carriage pushed by a girl on a board sidewalk. She is followed by a man and dog. Probably Rufus A. Jones and daughter.
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Boy Driving a Goat Cart

Date: 1900
Description: Boy, identified as Joe, driving a goat pulling a cart.
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Farming Family in Wagon with Dog

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Description: An unidentified farming family sitting in a wagon, with a dog in the shadow of the wheel and a horse's legs visible in front.
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Shops in Victorian Structure

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Description: Shops contained on first floor of a Victorian structure, one of which belongs to a woman named Mary. Standing in front are her husband and two sons. Furthe...
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Baby and Dog Seated in Baby Carriage

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Description: A studio portrait of a baby in a bonnet and a dog seated in a baby carriage with an umbrella in front of a painted backdrop and a prop tree stump.
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Woman and Children Posed in Buggy

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Description: Woman, two girls, and a boy posed sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. They are in front of a group of trees.
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Girl and Dog Campaigning for Zeidler

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Description: A young girl on a city sidewalk with a St. Bernard that's wearing a sandwich board reading "Carl Zeidler For Mayor."
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Boy and His Dog

Date: 1990
Description: A boy playing with his dog at Folk Fest.
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Forest with Doll Buggy

Date: 1897
Description: Forest Middleton, dressed in a fur coat and a bonnet, holds the handle of a doll buggy. The buggy carries a dog dressed in a stocking cap and sweater, as w...
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Children with Dogs

Date: 1895
Description: Two children pose on a lawn seated on a buggy; one child holds a kitten, and another kitten sits in the wagon near the other child. Two dogs sit on the gro...
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Family Group with Pets

Date: 1905
Description: A girl on a rocking chair holds a rabbit, and a boy and a woman stand in the background. The boy rests his hand on a dogs head; the dog is lying on a love ...
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Studio Portrait of Girl in Snow with Dog and Doll

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Description: Cabinet card studio portrait of a young girl, posed with a doll in a baby carriage and her dog. The background is a painted backdrop of the Wisconsin State...
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A Boy and His Dog

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of a boy sitting on a small flatbed wagon hitched to his dog. The dog is sitting and both are gazing at the came...

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