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Corn Shocks and Pumpkins Harvest Berkshire Hills Massachusetts Postcard c1910
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Corn Shocks and Pumpkins Harvest Berkshire Hills Massachusetts Postcard c1910

Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, USAPre-linenExcellent
Beautiful color postcard of a New England autumn harvest scene in the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, showing rows of corn shocks (dried corn stalks bundled upright) with orange pumpkins scattered among them on dark earth, farms and distant hills visible through bare trees in the background. Caption: 'Corn and Pumpkins, Berkshire Hills. "When the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder in the shock."' — quoting James Whitcomb Riley's famous 1882 poem 'When the Frost is on the Punkin.' Published by Detroit Publishing Co. (Phostint Card), No. 10529, copyright Detroit Publishing Co. Back format: 'This Space May Be Used for Message / This Space for the Address.' Unposted. Old pencil notation '33' on back (dealer reference).
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PC-00237 · Detroit Publishing Co. (Phostint), No. 10529
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