Tall Tale Fishing Postcards, The Ultimate Humblebrag Of The Early 1900s

PublishedOctober 21, 2014

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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)

Tall Tale Fishing Postcards, The Ultimate Humblebrag Of The Early 1900s

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

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

A good opening

I finally got him, 1910

I landed him myself

Nip+Tuck with a bass, 1911

A carload of fish

The First One I Caught

We Both "Speared" One

Swallowed the Pole and all

Catfish

We use big bait here

The way we catch them here

Riding a fish, c. 1915

Saw a fair-sized trout here today, printed before 1976

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