Vintage 1907 postcard titled "Carving Watermelons
Updated August 7, 2026
| Lot number | 74 |
| Auction | Large Antiques & Collectibles Auction |
| Date | August 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM CDT |
| Auction house | Hanlin Auction Service |
| Location | QUINCY, Illinois |
in Kansas". It is an example of an "exaggeration postcard," a popular early 1900s genre that used trick photography to depict agricultural produce as impossibly large. The card was copyrighted by George Cornish of Arkansas City, Kansas.
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