Want to see a picture of a woman holding a very, very big piece of
meat? Of course you do. Here’s a postcard I bought in Utah (I especially like the white gloves):
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| Postcard by Worley Photo – Alliance. |
As you can see the card celebrates Nebraska Beef, and the back of tells
us that the gal in the picture is Connie Blake, from Bassett, Nebraska, who was
“Miss Stock Grower” and I think it says 1969 on her sash, though the folds make
it hard to read.
I didn’t realize that beef was such a big
deal in Nebraska – I know I probably should have. According to the Nebraska Beef Council
wesbiste5.1 million Nebraska cattle are “fed and
marketed” each year. They provide this
picture of a feedyard.
It may be
wrong of me, but I can’t help feeling just a little nostalgic for the days when
you could sell beef by exploiting a woman in a red pantsuit and cowboy hat.
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