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Tall-tale Postcard: Fur Herring



Tall-tale Postcard: Fur Herring
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Title: Tall-tale Postcard: Fur Herring
Description: Altered photograph depicting a herring as though it was covered in fur. Caption at the top reads, "Fur herring to be found only in Rice Lake, Wis."

Image ID: 46494
Creator
Name:
E. C. Kropp Co.
City, State: Rice Lake, Wisconsin
Collection
Name:
Exaggerated postcards, 1900-
Genre: Postcards
Additional
Information:
No. 20 in a series.
Subjects: Tall tales in art
Aquatic animals
 

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