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Tall-tale Postcard: Potatoes Grow Big in Our State
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Photomontage of a man, wearing overalls, sitting on a mound of giant potatoes resting on a flatbed horse-drawn cart. The man is sitting sideways, holding the reigns of the two horses. A dense forest creates a background for the scene.
1908
Martin, William H.
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