Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: W. H. Martin

A 1909 real photo tall-tale postcard by William H. Martin. For a similar postcard with an automobile and oversized apples, see Apples–How We Do Things at Fearnot, Pa. :

Photomontage in a tall-tale or exaggeration photo for the theme of photographic tricks and amusements during the free-for-all week of Wild Card Month in the Vintage Photos Theme Park. A real photo postcard created by William H. Martin in 1909.

A fish on a vintage real photo postcard for the ABC Group (4/17/2017). This is one of the amusing pre-digital photomontages composed by William H. Martin (1865-1940) in the early twentieth century. For more info and additional examples of Martin's work, see my brief discussion about Havesting a Profitable Crop of Onions in Iowa .

A harvest photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. Kansas photographer and postcard publisher William H. Martin (1865-1940) used pre-digital photomontage techniques to create amusing real photo postcards like this one that purported to show farmers with giant fruits, vegetable, and grains. Other Martin postcards with harvest scenes include Bringing in the Sheaves , Harvesting Wheat in Missouri , and Pumpkins Grown in Kansas Soil Are Profitable (see below). Corn and other crops also appear in other Martin cards, such as The Land of Big Corn , Good Corn Makes Good Hogs , Our County Fair Contest on Nebraska Corn , and Prosperity (see below),

This 1908 real photo tall-tale postcard by William H. Martin shows presidential candidate William Howard Taft (later president, 1909-1913) at a campaign whistle stop. Martin evidently intended the oversized vegetables that surround the railroad car and crowd to represent the prosperity that would result if voters elected Taft president.

"The Land of Big Corn. Copyright 1909 by Martin Post Card Co."

A real photo postcard. "Bringing in the sheaves. A common scene on a Kans. farm. Copyrighted photograph, 1908, W. H. Martin."