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Tall-tale Postcard: Sugar Beets



Tall-tale Postcard: Sugar Beets
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Title: Tall-tale Postcard: Sugar Beets
Description: A man on a large horse-drawn cart hauls a group of giant sugar beets. The two horses are stepping onto a dirt road. An inscription in the upper left corner reads, "Beaver Dam, Wis."

Image ID: 44420
Creation
Date:
October 30, 1909 
Creator
Name:
Johnson, Alfred Stanley, Jr.
City, State: Waupun, Wisconsin
Collection
Name:
Exaggerated postcards, 1900-
Genre: Postcards
Additional
Information:
Photographer's card no. 104.
Subjects: Agriculture--Wisconsin
Vegetables
Horses
Tall tales in art
Farm produce
Agricultural laborers
 

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