Postcard: Watermelons, We Sell 'Em Whole or Cut 'Em Up

Authors

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Identifier

FLSC_TJPC_01272018_0750

Description

This color photographic postcard features a photo of a watermelon collaged onto a photo. The photo depicts a grocery store with a man and boy standing in front. The man is holding a saw and the boy is holding an ax. The watermelon collaged onto the image makes the watermelon look one story high and as wide as an automobile. There is printed text at the bottom of the card. There is handwriting on the back of the card.

Physical Description

4"x 5" photographic postcard

Subject

Independence (Kan.), Montgomery County (Kan.), Grocery trade, Watermelons, Produce, Independent Grocers' Alliance of America

Rights

This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S.Code)

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

Repository

Forsyth Library Special Collections

Comments

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Recommended Citation

"Postcard: Watermelons, We Sell 'Em Whole or Cut 'Em Up" (2021). Tim Johnson Postcard Collection. 654.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/tj_postcards/654

Language

eng

Transcription

WATERMELONS, WE SELL'EM WHOLE OR CUT'EM UP - Darby's IGA Super Market 800 W. Laurel, Independence, Kan. These are the kind of Watermelons we grow in Independence Kansas - Don't you want a slice?