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Tall-tale Postcard: Peaches
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Three young boys gather around a wheelbarrow filled with giant peaches. One of the boys is holding a peach that has been broken open, exposing its pit. Two of the boys are wearing matching black boots, knickerbockers (knickers), white shirts, and black caps. Red text in the upper portion bears the words, "How we do things at Bald Knob, Ark."
1911
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Tall-tale Postcard: Musk Melons
1911
A man and a boy use dollies to haul giant musk melons near a train. In red text on the upper center portion is the inscription, "How we do things at Bald Knob, Ark," suggesting that this postcard, ...
Tall-tale Postcard: Just Plums
1911
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Tall-tale Postcard: Onions
October 30, 1909
An elderly, bearded man hauls a giant onion using a dolly. The man is wearing a black hat and white work gloves. The background shows the side of a barn. Red text in the upper portion bears the ...
Tall-tale Postcard: We Stopped Here
1915
Photomontage of a group of travellers in a car colliding with a steamroller. The travellers have been thrown out of their car and into the air. The words, "We stopped here," are inscribed in the ...
Tall-tale Postcard: Some Style
1913
Two men are pulling a giant fish over a wooden fence. They are on the shore of a lake. On the ground beside the men rests a pile of several other giant fish that they have caught.
Tall-tale Postcard: Will It Go In (without Vegetables)
1911
Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Will It Go In." Two men stand over an open cellar door, with their hands positioned as though they were pushing a ...
