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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

I Guess Hicksville Was Known For It's Onions!

8 comments:

  1. Interesting. I didn't know Ohio grew onions....our area is a big producer of onions....and I love onions!

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  2. Strider ~ I did a little investigating after your comment here and discovered that Ohio is known for tomatoes, hay, wheat, soybeans and corn. But in the 1800's the Scioto Marsh in west central Ohio, which was about 4 square miles, was drained and the organic black muck that was left was converted onto agricultural fields for growing vegetables...mainly onions! So, there you have it! :) And by the looks of this postcard, they must have been very proud of them!

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  3. That's a cute postcard! The area I lived in OH mainly grew corn--silver queen! It was sooooo yummy!

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  4. Did you ever see the film "The Golden Door"? It is about a very poor family living in Sicily in the early 1900's that are shown some post cards similar to this, and they believe America really has vegetables that grow so large! They emigrate by ship through Ellis Island, and it poignantly shows the experience the people of that time were put through there before being admitted into the US.
    Brilliant film, if you don't mind reading subtitles!

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  5. Pat ~ no, I haven't seen that movie. Sounds like a good one, though...cute that they thought the veggies were really that big in America.

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  6. I love vintage post cards. They sure made some whimsical ones back then...

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  7. Lora ~ We just love that silver queen corn that is grown here. I heard it is out now in the farm stands. There is a farm nearby that sells it...they have drive through service and pick daily. I'm heading there today! yum!

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