Date: | 1932 |
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Description: | Portrait of photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr., a Waupun photographer best known for his "tall-tale" or "freak" postcards. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | 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... |
Date: | August 09 1910 |
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Description: | Text on front reads: "Some Tomatoes Raised at Waupun, Wis. Wis. [sic]." On the flatbed train car: "Grand Trunk 67903." Photomontage of five giant to... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Melon Party." Four girls wearing bows and dresses are holding an object... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Kickers." A boy wearing waders and holding a rifle stands with his arms... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Shooting the Shoots." A small girl is sliding down a wooden plank, whic... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard. Two men walk up a ramp leading into a railroad car. Both men are pushing large i... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Photomontage of a fisherman attempting to reel in a giant fish from a river. Beside him sits a few beer bottles and a bag. |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Photomontage of a stack of giant grapes resting on a flatbed cart. The side of the cart bears the inscription, "Wells Fargo Company Express." Red text at... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Two girls stand in front of a large pile of giant string beans. Red text in the upper portion of the image reads, "How we do things at Ihlen, Minn." |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Two horse-drawn carriages travelling through a snow-covered enclosure. A man stands off to the side, holding a snow shovel. Red text in the upper portion... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Two men are hunting with rifles in the Wisconsin woods. It is winter; there is snow on the ground. Instead of shooting a deer, one hunter shoots a giant... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Two men stand staring at a giant pickerel fish laying on a long, wooden horse-drawn sled. The scene takes place in an industrial district, including a lumb... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | 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 fis... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Photomontage of a boy driving a cart drawn by a giant chicken. The back of the cart is filled with giant eggs, and a fence lines the road in the background... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | 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. Ano... |
Date: | 1916 |
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Description: | Three men ride a dairy cow on a dirt road, while a fourth pulls at the cow's tail. Of the three men, one is holding a tennis racket, one is holding a golf... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Two boys haul four giant plums using a small wagon pulled by two white goats. One boy is holding the reins. The boys are wearing jackets and caps. The back... |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | A man is driving an old-fashioned car with three women passengers on a road littered with cows. The driver has hit a cow with the car, causing it to fly in... |
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