It's hard to believe that giant corn cob and huge potatoes are real. In fact, the corn being hauled in the wagon should still be in its husk if it had just been plucked from the field. On the other hand, I just read in the paper about a fellow winning a pumpkin-growing contest with one weighing in at 2179 pounds! They didn't show a picture of it for some reason, but that must be SOME pumpkin!
those last two postcards are known as "tall tales" - an early form of photoshopping. most of these cards were from rural states showcasing the crops that grew in their area.
Somewhere sometime there was a photographer who conceived the first giant vegetable joke postcard. I wonder what came first, corn, potatoes, cabbages or peaches?
In the early part of the 19th century horses were used for pulling things like trams
It's hard to believe that giant corn cob and huge potatoes are real. In fact, the corn being hauled in the wagon should still be in its husk if it had just been plucked from the field. On the other hand, I just read in the paper about a fellow winning a pumpkin-growing contest with one weighing in at 2179 pounds! They didn't show a picture of it for some reason, but that must be SOME pumpkin!
ReplyDeletethose last two postcards are known as "tall tales" - an early form of photoshopping. most of these cards were from rural states showcasing the crops that grew in their area.
DeleteGood to see humor from "the old days' and the use of some photo editing which somehow made some very large vegetables!
ReplyDeleteSomewhere sometime there was a photographer who conceived the first giant vegetable joke postcard. I wonder what came first, corn, potatoes, cabbages or peaches?
ReplyDeleteI believe the photographer who started the trend in 1908 was William Martin, from Kansas.
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