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Lende, Bill, 1937-2016

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Bill Lende collection of tall tale postcards

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lende
Abstract

Collection of both printed and real-photo postcards depicting exaggerated images. Common themes are oversize fruits and vegetables as well as large fish and futuristic scenes. Aside from a significant collection of cards featuring jackalopes, most of the collection dates to the early 20th century. Roughly 1500 postcards in all with additional ephemera, photographs, and research files.

Dates: 1906-2006; Majority of material found within 1909-1920