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| Larger Than Life Images of Animals and Produce |
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| Learn about the tall-tale postcard industry and the career of photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr. |
| 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: | 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: | 1916 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of men on a lakeshore grapple with a giant pike. Two men pull on a rope hooked to the pike while two more stand ready with harpoon-like sticks. Ano... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of two men with a logging crosscut saw cutting a giant ear of corn. A mound of giant corn stands beside them. There is a barn in the backgroun... |
| 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: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a horse carrying a bundle of giant ears of corn on its back. A boy is struggling to pull the horse towards the side of the road. A young ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two hunters stand around a pile of giant rabbits that they have killed in a Wisconsin forest. It is winter; there is snow on the ground. One of the hunters... |
| 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: | 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: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a man sawing a giant ear of corn as though it was a log. Beside him an ax is wedged in a stump-like piece of corn. A mound of giant ears ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a group of five boy scouts around a cooking fire. The scouts watch as a giant potato, suspended over the fire, slowly roasts. They are wear... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A convertible automobile with its top down has crashed into the back of a horse-drawn water wagon. One passenger has flown through the air and pierced the ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of two men standing over an open cellar door, attempting to push a giant root vegetable into it. Two women with brooms are holding a baby by t... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a man and a woman pushing their automobile through the mud because the wheels are caught in large ruts. Their feet have sunk to th... |
| Date: | 11 21 1911 |
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| Description: | Text in the upper right corner in red ink reads: "Things to do in Rozellville, Wis." Two hunters stand around a pile of giant rabbits that they have killed... |
| 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: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of children playing on giant carrots. Two girls are sliding down a giant carrot while a third is climbing up the steps to get to the top of th... |
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