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‘Giant Grasshoppers and Two-Ton Potatoes’: Father-son research team studies history of state’s ‘exaggeration postcards’

January 7, 2020 by Tyler Ellyson

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Jason Combs discovered the first postcard at an estate sale in Funk, Nebraska. The subject matter immediately captured his attention, just as the creator intended. It featured a couple cows standing near an ear of corn with a garden in the background – a pretty common Midwest scene. Except the corn towered above the livestock, making it appear to be a good 10 feet tall with hoof-sized kernels. Combs was intrigued … [Read more...] about ‘Giant Grasshoppers and Two-Ton Potatoes’: Father-son research team studies history of state’s ‘exaggeration postcards’

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, Faculty, News Tagged With: exaggeration postcards, F.D. Conard, geography, Jason Combs, John Ripley, Kearney, Nebraska History Magazine, Philosophy, Tate Combs, UNK

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