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Tall-tale Postcard: Pickerel
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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 lumber yard, a Peerless tobacco building, and some tall electric lines. Text in the upper left corner bears the inscription, "Beaver Dam, Wis."
1910
Johnson, Alfred Stanley, Jr.
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W012G98
WHi 44435
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