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Tall-tale Postcard: Our Barn is Full



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Title: Tall-tale Postcard: Our Barn is Full
Description: Several women and a man are outside of a barn, which is overflowing with giant onions, corn, and potatoes. A ladder is placed against the large stack of onions, and the man and one of the women are climbing to the top of the pile. Red text imprinted in the upper portion of the image reads, "How we do things at Aredale, Iowa."
Image ID: 44442
Creation
Date: 		1912 
Creator
Name: 		Johnson, Alfred Stanley, Jr.
City, State: Waupun, Wisconsin
Collection
Name: 		Exaggerated postcards, 1900-
Genre: Postcards
Subjects: Farmhouses
Farm buildings
Agriculture
Agriculture
Harvesting
Vegetables
Men
Women
Dresses
Clothing and dress
Tall tales in art
 

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