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Crane Creek Railroad Bridge, Melbourne, Fla., c. 1930
F. E. C. Railroad Bridge at Crane Creek in Melbourne, Florida. -
Boarding Miami Express train, c. 1935
Portrait of a woman waving as she steps on to a prop Miami Express train piece. Pullman train backdrop behind the woman and small alligator in foreground.Tags Railroad trains -
Henry M. Flagler, c. 1910
Portrait of Henry Flagler. Florida Artistic Series postcard. -
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. -
Loading oversized oranges on cart, c. 1915
Two figures load exaggerated sized oranges on to a horse drawn cart. -
Workers in pineapple field, c. 1915
Two workers harvest pineapples from a field. Florida Artistic Series postcard. -
Oversized alligator on railcar, c. 1935
Alligator on a railcar. Caption: "The Alligator is a native of the Florida Everglades. For some time its skin has been fashionably used in the manufacture of bags, shoes, etc., and with this increasing use they had been hunted until they were almost extinct. To remedy this situation and supply the demand, several thriving Alligator farms are now in operation, when the breeding and care of alligators is the main industry."