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Tall-tale Postcard: One of the Squash
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Three smiling children wearing white clothing are sitting atop a gigantic, dark squash. Text in top left corner reads: "Beaver Dam, Wis." Fence lines back of squash. Title "One of the Squash" clipped at the bottom of card. Trees and houses in background.
1910
Johnson, Alfred Stanley, Jr.
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