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Comic close-up card, "It weighed 13 pounds and 13 ounces", circa 1910

Subject
Comics & Humor
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Comic close-up card, "It weighed 13 pounds and 13 ounces", circa 1910, C. P. Benit's Souvenir Stand, IA, USA, c. 1915 printed photo postcard
Front
Back of Comic close-up card, "It weighed 13 pounds and 13 ounces", circa 1910, C. P. Benit's Souvenir Stand, IA, USA, c. 1915 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

The picture is an extreme close-up, filling the frame, of a dark, grainy, mottled surface whose halftone texture makes the subject deliberately hard to identify; the printed line above it reads "It weighed 13 pounds and 13 ounces." and the lower-left corner is marked "Part 2." Cards of this kind were sold as visual jokes: the viewer is shown a puzzling fragment and the caption supplies the punchline, with "Part 2" indicating the card belonged to a numbered comic set. Nothing on the front identifies the subject, publisher, or place.

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PublisherC. P. Benit's Souvenir Stand
It weighed 13 pounds and 13 ounces. Part 2. --- Post Card PLACE STAMP HERE Pub. for C. P. Benit's Souvenir Stand, Stevens Beach, Arnolds Park, Ia.
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Postcard record

PublisherC. P. Benit's Souvenir Stand
ConditionGood
PublisherC. P. Benit's Souvenir Stand, Arnolds Park, IA
NotesCoarse halftone screen clearly visible; cream stock with light edge soiling and slight corner wear; no border. No postmark. Unused divided-back "Post Card" with green imprint; publisher line printed vertically along the left edge; cream matte stock with light soiling and a few foxing spots.

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Comic close-up card, "It weighed 13 pounds and 13 ounces", circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/comic-close-up-card-it-weighed-13-pounds-and-13-ounces-circa. Accessed October 25, 2026.