These tall tale postcards, made by Alfred Stanley Johnson Jr. and William H. Martin. The hilariously exaggerated scenes of fishermen with their absurd catches were extremely popular before WWI, but they aren’t extinct yet.
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A Bull-head Worth Catching, 1909
Catfish Caught in Beaver Pond
Landing a pike in Attica, Wisconsin, c. 1910
There are some fish around here
Wow, what a catch!, 1910
(via Retronaut)
Great sport fishing here, 1910
It Takes Real Fishermen to Land These
Bringing Home One Of Our Big Fish
A Pair of Hungry Pike, 1911
(via Franklin County Kansas Historical Portal)
A good opening
I finally got him, 1910
(via Franklin County Kansas Historical Portal)
I landed him myself
(via Don Harrison – The UpNorth Memories)
Nip+Tuck with a bass, 1911
A carload of fish
The First One I Caught
(via Retronaut)
We Both “Speared” One
(via Donald Harrison – UpNorth Memories)
Swallowed the Pole and all
Catfish
We use big bait here
(via Retronaut)
The way we catch them here
Riding a fish, c. 1915
(via Donald Harrison – UpNorth Memories)
Saw a fair-sized trout here today, printed before 1976
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The photos are from Acidcow, except when noted otherwise.
