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Tall-tale Postcard: Slicing Tomatoes
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Photomontage of a boy using a saw to cut into a giant tomato. A man stands beside the boy, watching. A group of giant tomatoes cover the foreground. The words, "Sliceing [sic] Tomatoes," are inscribed in the image field on the side of the house in the background.
1913
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W0147XE
WHi 44651
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