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Tall-tale Postcard: A Kansas Air Ship



Tall-tale Postcard: A Kansas Air Ship
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Title: Tall-tale Postcard: A Kansas Air Ship
Description: Photomontage of a giant grasshopper lifting an anchored basket with a baby girl inside. The rope tethered to the basket has a large American flag attached to it; the baby girl also holds an American flag in her hand. On the field below, a man and a girl are looking up and pointing at the basket. Text at the bottom says, "A Kansas Air Ship."
Image ID: 44534
Creation
Date: 		1909 
Creator
Name: 		Bailey, M.W.
City, State: Hutchinson, Kansas
Collection
Name: 		Exaggerated postcards, 1900-
Genre: Postcards
Subjects: Insects
Tall tales in art
Children
Children and animals
Infants
Airships
Flags
 

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