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Children on log near alligator, c. 1908
Five black children on a palm tree log with alligator nearby. Caption: "Alligator Bait." -
Picking cotton, c. 1907
Several adults and children work in a cotton field. Postcard Series No. 1098 "Dixie Land." -
The Okeehumkee on the Ocklawaha River, 1901
The Okeehumkee steamboat travels along the Ocklawaha River in Florida. Outfitted with a recessed stern paddle wheel, the Okeehumkee was able to navigate narrow and shallow waterways. The steamboat was built in 1873; it became known as the "Queen of the Ocklawaha River" and remained in service for 43 years. -
Uncle Sam steamboat, c. 1905
Sightseers line the deck of the Uncle Sam excursion steamer docked in Daytona, Florida. -
The William Howard steamboat on the Ocklawaha River, Fla., 1905
Several people on board the William Howard steamboat, moored near a small wooden building on the Ocklawaha River in Florida. -
Oversized strawberries on cart, 1909
Two men stand on a horse drawn cart filled with exaggerated sized strawberries. -
Oversized pumpkins on cart, 1908
Three men pose next to exaggerated sized pumpkins on a horse drawn cart.
Copyright statement in the bottom right corner reads "Copyrighted Photograph 1908 by W. H. Martin, Ottawa, Kan." Photographer William H. "Dad" Martin used photomontage and trick photography to make exaggerated images of fruits and vegetables and started selling them as postcards, thus establishing the exaggeration postcard genre in 1908. His postcards became popular and were often plagiarized. Martin ended up selling the company in 1912 to Williams S. Fallis and William H. Jones who renamed it the North American Post Card Company. -
Oversized grapefruit on cart, 1909
Figure drives a horse drawn cart carrying an exaggerated sized grapefruit. Florida Artistic Series postcard. -
Loading oversized melons on cart, 1909
Two figures load exaggerated sized cantaloupes on to a horse drawn cart. -
Man with pineapples, c. 1907
Man holds several pineapples as he stands in a pineapple field.