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Tall-tale Postcard: A Kansas Air Ship
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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. Caption reads: "A Kansas Air Ship."
1909
Bailey, M. W.
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WHi 44534
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