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Posted: 19 Aug 2016

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This Is No Dream—How We Do Things at Ovid, Mich.

This Is No Dream—How We Do Things at Ovid, Mich.
A tall-tale postcard by Wisconsin photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr. The large fish on this card (at bottom center) appears to be the same one he used on another card (see below for the other postcard and a comparison of the fish).

Landing a Pike—How We Do Things at Harrisburg, Pa.
Comparison of the Fish in Two Tall-Tale Postcards by Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr.

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