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Tall-tale Postcard: Giant Potatoes



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Title: Tall-tale Postcard: Giant Potatoes
Description: Photomontage of a man riding three giant potatoes, which are resting on a flatbed horse-drawn cart. A group of three onlookers stare up at the man. Black text at the top reads, "Potatoes grow big here," and black imprinted text at the bottom bears the inscription, "at Lanigan, Sask."
Image ID: 44526
Creation
Date: 		1949 before
Creator
Name: 		Canadian Postcard Co.
Collection
Name: 		Exaggerated postcards, 1900-
Genre: Postcards
Additional
Information: 		It is possible that this image was created by William Martin, as the Canadian Post Card Co. was a known distributor of his work.
Subjects: Vegetables
Horses
Tall tales in art
Farm produce
Horse-drawn vehicles
 

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