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Tall-tale Postcard: Landing a Pike, Attica, Wis.
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A group of men on a lakeshore grapple with a giant pike. Two men pull on a rope hooked to the pike while two more stand ready with harpoon-like sticks. Another man has taken off his hat to pour out a bottle of water on his head. Red text in the upper portion of the image reads: "How we do things at Attica, Wis."
1910
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