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Harry E. Chrisman, former Liberal author and historian, donated a large collection of his writings, photographs, and other items to Liberal Memorial Library for the purpose of research. This database searches the contents of the Chrisman Collection.

CallNo: C17
Descriptive Title: Comment attached to 6 photos of people			Type: Comments
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size:			Condition: poor
Text: [enclosed in grey circle] album prints [lower, beside characture of soldier with drum] "Better Pictures for Less Money" [in pencil above quote, spelling questionable] Sawlay
Misc Info: There were 6 small photos taped to this. Also had another piece of thick cardboard with writing on it attached.
Subject:	People Men Women Sawlay		Related to:	P544 P545 P546 P547 P548 P549 C16
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CallNo: E19
Descriptive Title: Negative envelope			Type: Envelope
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size:			Condition: good
Text: On front: Kansas women gathering cow chips
Misc Info: There was a negative in this negative envelope which was inside a mat/frame.
Subject:	Negatives Kansas Women Cow chips Pioneers 1880-1890 era		Related to:	N203 M/F3
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CallNo: M/F3
Descriptive Title: Kansas women gathering cow chips			Type: Matting - Frame
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size:			Condition: very good
Text: Front: Kansas women gathering cow chips - 1880-90 era Neg only
Misc Info: There was a negative in a negative envelope inside this mat/frame.
Subject:	Women Kansas Cow chips 1880-1890 era Negatives Pioneers		Related to:	N203 P134 E19
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CallNo: N104-F2a4
Descriptive Title: large group of people in Wyoming			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 1/2			Condition: fair
Text: [on side of negative] Ansco Safety Film
Misc Info: Large group of people pose for picture. There are 3-5 rows of people, and the group spans the length of the negative. There are men, women and children in the group, all wearing very nice clothing. Men are in suits, women in dresses and fancy hats. Children are also dressed nicely. Could be a family reunion? Group in front of trees.
Subject:	group of people men women children grass trees Wyoming Ansco		Related to:	P419-F2a4 N103 E29
Other:	The original picture has Wyoming [another word I can't make out] written in pencil on the bottom. The negative is pretty dark and has a large shadow on the right.

CallNo: N13-F2a2
Descriptive Title: Betty Herian, Mayme Stroud and Anna Herian			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 3/8"			Condition: very good
Text: 8 9 Kodak Safety Film Kodak Safety Film Betty Herian, Mayme Stroud, Anna Herian (Van [Corven])
Misc Info: Three women dressed in western attire stand in front of grandstands with people; perhaps at a rodeo; automobile in background at left.
Subject:	Betty Herian Mayme Stroud Anna Herian Van Corven western attire women rodeo grandstands sign people automobile Kodak		Related to:
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CallNo: N194-F2b3
Descriptive Title: Enclosed building on wheels with flowers and people on it			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 2 7/16			Condition: very good
Text:
Misc Info: A building or small, enclosed house is on top of wheels like a wagon. The building has a roof, door and windows. The bottom part of the building is made of brick. There are several people in the building: a man with a child sitting on his lap and a woman behind in the door, two people in the first window, a person in the second and third windows, and a man in a suit standing beside the wagon. There are flowers and vines around the doorway and windows on the wagon. There are names written at the bottom of the negative, but it's cut off and can't be read.
Subject:	building wagon wheels flowers vines people men women children Hancock		Related to:	P523 P495 P276 P543
Other:	There is a sign to the right in the negative that says "Own Your" and the initials CE. Not sure if this is hand-written or part of the original photo.

CallNo: N203-H1g
Descriptive Title: Two women with wheelbarrow			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 1 11/16 x 2 3/4			Condition: excellent
Text: [front] (two red lines) x crop x, x crop x
Misc Info: Negative of 2 women with wheelbarrow full of chips. Wagon in background and 2 buildings
Subject:	Women wheelbarrow chips wagon building No Man's Land		Related to:	P134 M/F3 E19
Other:	Negative was in a negative envelope with "Kansas women gathering cow chips" written in red ink. This envelope was in a mat/frame which says "Kansas women gathering cow chips - 1880-90 era Neg only"

CallNo: P134-H1g			larger image
Descriptive Title: Two women with wheelbarrow			Type: Print
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 5 x 7 3/16			Condition: very good
Text: [front] (two red lines) x crop x, x crop x [back] Credi[?] SW Daily Times [??] [Credi[?] SW Daily Times [??]are crossed out] Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [stamped twice] - XII [in red] [note] To keep the home fires burning... "Pickin' up bones to keep from starving, Pickin' up chips to keep from freezin' Pickin' up courage to keep from leavin' 'Way out west in No Man's Land --- From an old song of the settlers, - photo courtesy Southwest Daily Times, Liberal, Kansas
Misc Info: Picture of 2 women with wheelbarrow full of chips. Wagon in background and 2 buildings
Subject:	Women wheelbarrow chips wagon building No Man's Land		Related to:	N203 E19 M/F3
Other:	Unable to detach note from photo. Is glued on. Photo has tape on top back.

CallNo: P15-A3b1			larger image
Descriptive Title: Rock Island Railroad Depot			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1890s			Provenance:Private Collection -- Maurine and Crompton Tate
Size: 4 11/16 x 6 5/8			Condition: good
Text: [front] Don't mark photo! [back] Reduce photo to 4 x 2 3/4" [back note 1] Copy G-3 The Rock Island railway depot was one of the fine buildings in Liberal. A fine masonry building was at the east end, where the group stands. Photo courtesy Maurine and Crompton Tate. [back note 2] Harry: Crompton said to give his copy of the picture to the museum, too. Mrs. Watson Rogers at Rock Island (granddaughter of the McDermotts) said she might be able to identify some of the people from old pictures she has. -- Maurine Return photo to Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [on building] Liberal Lunch, cigars and tobacco Hotel Lunch Lunchroom
Misc Info: Three men and seven women stand in front of Rock Island Depot in Liberal, KS.
Subject:	Rock Island Railroad Depot Liberal Kansas men women McDermott's Hotel Dining Room Greer House Maurine and Cromptom Tate train tracks wooden deck flags Depot fire cart Mrs. Watson Rogers		Related to:
Other:	Photo is on carboard mat/frame. Frame is 6 15/16 x 8 15/16"

CallNo: P169-F2a2			larger image
Descriptive Title: Three women standing in front of car			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1957			Provenance:
Size: 4 1/16 x 5			Condition: good
Text: [back] Lorraine, Mom Bell + Cathy 1957
Misc Info: Picture is of 3 women standing together with a car behind them. One woman is holding plates and a book.
Subject:	women car trees Catherine Chrisman Bell Lorraine		Related to:
Other:	Photo is stained front and back.

CallNo: P224-F2b2			larger image
Descriptive Title: Bell ladies			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1917			Provenance:
Size: 6 3/4 x 9 7/8			Condition: excellent
Text: [Back] Please return to Catherine Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave., Denver, Colo. 80215 Copy D Send to Catherine, Taken about 1917 Delyra Dunlap Bell about 30, Bernie Bell Muller about 8 1/2 Catherine Bell Chrisman about 6
Misc Info: Catherine Bell Chrisman - Harry Chrisman's wife
Subject:	women family women 1910s Bell Chrisman Muller		Related to:	P222-F2b3 P223-F2b3
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CallNo: P270-F2f9			larger image
Descriptive Title: Telephone Company			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1800s			Provenance:
Size: 4 5/8 x 5 15/16			Condition: good
Text: [back] 3 col HARRY E. CHRISMAN LANE D, APT. 74 BLUEBONNET COURTS LIBERAL, KANSAS
Misc Info: Photo is of 2 women sitting at telephone wire desk. There is a man sitting in a chair. One woman standing and 2 men standing. There is latern hanging from the ceiling.
Subject:	telephone occupations business men women		Related to:	P268 P269
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CallNo: P281-F2b5			larger image
Descriptive Title: Delyria's family			Type: Print
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 5/8 x 3 1/4			Condition: good
Text: [back] Dee (Delyra) Bernice Catherine Margaret Lorraine Eddis Delyra's Family. {partial word] [?]s Ralph Bell) 8
Misc Info: Photo is of 4 women and 2 girls. One woman is sitting in a rocking chair. 3 women are sitting on a possible couch. The 2 girls are sitting on the floor at the feet of woman in rocker. There are 2 pictures on the wall and 1 mirror.
Subject:	Delyra Dunlap Bell family women children house family		Related to:	P277- to P290-
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CallNo: P283-F2a2			larger image
Descriptive Title: Cathy and Grandma Dunlap about 1938			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1938			Provenance:
Size: 2 x 2 7/8			Condition: good
Text: [no text on front or back]
Misc Info: Photo is of an elderly woman and younger woman. The young woman has her arm around the older woman. There are bushes and trees behind them.
Subject:	Flory Mook Dunlap Catherine Bell Chrisman Family Women		Related to:	P277 P278 P279 P280 P281 P282 P284 P285 P286- to P290-
Other:	Photo has glue tear spots all over back.

CallNo: P313-A2a2			larger image
Descriptive Title: E. W. Wright's parent's homestead			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1893			Provenance:
Size: 5 1/16 x 7			Condition: excellent
Text: [note taped to photo] Home of E. W. (Lize) Wright's parents at Bushon, Kans. Her father on horse circa 1893.
Misc Info: Photo is of 2 women, 1 is holding a child. There is 1 man standing on the ground holding the reins to a saddle horse. There is 1 man sitting on a horse. They are surrounded by trees and in front of a house. There are 2 buildings in the fore background and several more buildings in the left background.
Subject:	E. W. (Lize) Wright's Parent's Home horse women men family homestead early settlers house Bushon, Kansas		Related to:	P312 P314 P315 P316 P317 P318
Other:	Photo has tape on top back.

CallNo: P315-F2b5			larger image
Descriptive Title: Portrait of Mr. Merchant and his daughters			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1900-1910			Provenance:
Size: 5 1/16 x 7			Condition: good
Text: [note glued to back of photo] Mr. Merchant [Alex Foltz crossed out] (old No Man's Land Cowboy) [Cimarron crossed out] and his daughters. He owned ranch 23 mi. So of Liberal in 1893.
Misc Info: Photo is of 2 women and 1 man between the women. There are drapes behind them. He is in a suit and tie. They are shot from the waist up. Looks like the lady on the left is holding a fan.
Subject:	Mr Merchant and his daughters Mr. Merchant No Man's Land Cowboy women man family early settlers		Related to:	P312-A2b11 P313 P314-A5a P316-F2b1 P317-A5a P318-F1b
Other:	Photo has note glued on back.

CallNo: P378-F2a
Descriptive Title: Harry and Catherine Chrisman at a book signing in Meade, KS			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1974			Provenance:
Size: 5 x 7 1/16"			Condition: excellent
Text: [no text on photo]
Misc Info: Photo is of a group of people. Harry Chrisman is sitting down. Catherine Chrisman is leaning over the table shaking a woman's hand. There is another lady standing behind Harry. There is a man and woman sitting down to the left of Catherine. They are around a table. Harry is signing a book.
Subject:	Harry Chrisman Catherine Chrisman women book signing Meade, KS Scrapbook		Related to:
Other:	Plastic sleeve has a notation 71 p 27L A Photo has tape on top front. Photo is stained on front right and bottom. The back is stained brown.

CallNo: P381-F2a			larger image
Descriptive Title: Harry and Catherine Chrisman at a book signing in Meade, KS			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1974			Provenance:
Size: 5 1/16 x 7 1/16			Condition: excellent
Text: [front] Harry Cathy [Edith] McNaughton Mrs. Clay Begsley (Ray's Cafe - Liberal, Ks.)
Misc Info: Photo is of Harry Chrisman sitting at a table. He is shaking a woman's hand. The woman is standing. Next to her is a boy and elderly man. Catherine Chrisman is sitting on a wood bench. There is an elderly woman sitting to her left.
Subject:	Harry Chrisman Catherine Chrisman women book signing Meade, KS E.W. McNaghton Mrs. Clay Begsley. Ray's cafe - Liberal, KS Scrapbook		Related to:
Other:	Plastic sleeve has a notation 71 p 27 B Photo has tape on left and right sides, and top front. Photo is stained on front and back.

CallNo: P388-F2a2			larger image
Descriptive Title: Old platoon pal wives			Type: Print
Date of Origin: May 1975			Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 4 7/8			Condition: excellent
Text: [back] Eleanor Sprague, Lena Powell, Catherine Chrisman Wolcott, NY May 1975 [stamp] THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK [stamped several times]
Misc Info: Photo is in color. Photo is of 3 women. They are standing together with arms interlocked. There is 2 buildings behind them. There are trees and bushes behind them.
Subject:	Catherine Chrisman Eleanor Sprague Lena Powell women Wolcatt, New York social gathering Scrapbook Wives Platoon pals		Related to:	P389 P387 P390 P391
Other:	Plastic sleeve has a notation 71 p. 33 L B Photo has tape on top and bottom front. They are the wives of the old platoon pals in P387.

CallNo: P393-F1a			larger image
Descriptive Title: Emmie Mygatt			Type: Print
Date of Origin: June 1977			Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 4 7/8			Condition: very good
Text: [back] Roberta Cheney (far left) Elsa [Emmie] 6 [6 is circled] [Mygatt] - Died Oct 1977 [Rossi] [stamp] FOXPRINT FOX PHOTO Â® DEN JUNE 77 [there is a paw print symbol above FOXPRINT ; [FOX PHOTO is inside of a running fox figure, below the figure is the r symbol] 1977 80 _____ 97
Misc Info: Photo is of a woman standing with a table to her right. The table is covered with a gold tablecloth. There is a flower arrangement, salt, pepper, and sugar holder on the table. There are plates with pieces of cake on the table. There are cups and saucers with the cups upside down on saucer on the table. There are 2 women and 1 man sitting at the opposite side of table where lady is standing. There is a fold-out partition coming out of back wall. There is a moveable chalkboard on the far end of the room next to what looks like a piano. There is a door on the right of the partition.
Subject:	Woman Women Man Celebration Roberta Cheney Elsa Rossi October 1977		Related to:
Other:	Photo has tape on left and right front.

CallNo: P419-F2a4			larger image
Descriptive Title: Group picture, possibly town members			Type: Print
Date of Origin: late 1800's or early 1900s			Provenance:
Size: 5			Condition: good
Text: [No text on copy 1] [Copy 2 front] Wyoming picnic
Misc Info: Photo is of a large group of people crowded together for photo. There are men, women, and children. All are dressed nice. They are all in front of very tall trees.
Subject:	people men women children town members Wyoming Picnic Trees		Related to:	N104-F2a4
Other:	Two copies of same photograph from negative N104.

CallNo: P423-F2b5			larger image
Descriptive Title: Goddard women			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1900s			Provenance:
Size: 2 1/2 x 3 5/8			Condition: good
Text: [front] Left: Bell Goddard; Right, Bertha Goddard Center: Grandma Goddard-Jackson. [back] all 3 27
Misc Info: Photo is of 3 women. They are all standing together. They are in front of a huge bush. There is a house on the right with houses in the background.
Subject:	Goddard women Bell Goddard Bertha Goddard Grandma Goddard-Jackson women family		Related to:	P422- P424- P425- P426-
Other:	Jim Herron Family.

CallNo: P425-F1a			larger image
Descriptive Title: Bertha and Grandma Goddard			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1900s			Provenance:
Size: 2 1/2 x 3 9/16			Condition: good
Text: [front] Below: Left Bertha (Goddard) Right: Grandma Goddard-Jackson [back] Bertha + grandma 27 [Bertha elle]
Misc Info: Photo is of 2 women. They are holding each other around back and shoulders. They are standing next to a huge ivy plant on a fence. There are bushes and trees behind them.
Subject:	Goddard women Bertha Goddard Grandma Goddard-Jackson women		Related to:	P422- P423- P424- P426-
Other:	Jim Herron Family

CallNo: P452-F1a			larger image
Descriptive Title: Kansas women gathering cow chips			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1880-1890 era			Provenance:
Size: 5			Condition: excellent
Text: [back] #2 ; sub for C[?] [word was on tape that was torn off] ; on pg. 270 ; THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK ; Return Photo To HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14TH Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [Return Photo To HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14TH Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 is circled] [note] Job Name Ohio Wuniv Job No. 43044 Page 270 Half-Tone [check mark] 93% 9-40
Misc Info: Photo is of two women standing by a wheelbarrow. One woman is holding a stack of chips in her left hand. The other woman is dumping a bag of chips into wheelbarrow. There is a wagon behind them and a building to the left.
Subject:	women cow chips wheelbarrow wagon building barn		Related to:
Other:	"The 1000 Most Asked Questions about the American West"

CallNo: P45-E1a2			larger image
Descriptive Title: Indians and women			Type: Print
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 4 1/16 x 5			Condition: very good
Text: [front] [?] card, Lorena Tricky, Mable Strickland and [??] - Cheyenne Frontier Days. [back] Left: Donna Card 2nd: Indian (Sioux) unknown 3rd: Lorena Tricky, star rider 4th: Indian (unknown) 5th: Mable Strickland 6th: Indian boy (unknown) Cheyenne Frontier Days Â© Doubleday No date
Misc Info: Picture of 3 women, 2 adult male Indians and one Indian boy.
Subject:	Indian men and white women boy Donna Card Sioux Indian Lorena Tricky Mable Strickland Cheyenne Frontier Days Doubleday photo		Related to:
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CallNo: P463-A2a11			larger image
Descriptive Title: Where my Antonia worked and lived			Type: Print
Date of Origin: November 1963			Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 5 1/16			Condition: excellent
Text: [front] NOV 63 [back of photo] Where my Antonia worked + lived ; Red Cloud, Nebraska ; A KODAK PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of a two-story home. There is a huge tree directly in front. There are people on the porch and in front of the house. Two men and two women. There is a bay window on the top floor behind the tree.
Subject:	Willa Cather House People Trees Men Women Chimney		Related to:	P461- P462- P464- P465- P466- P467- P468- P469-
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CallNo: P547-F2a2			larger image
Descriptive Title: Military women			Type: Print
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 1 1/4 x 2 7/16			Condition: good
Text: [back] ichigan [Michigan] whiteside s Cleveland Photo was cut.
Misc Info: Photo was taped on a thin piece of cardboard with 5 other photos. Photo is cropped. Photo has tape on right bottom front corner. Photo has tape on top right corner.
Subject:	Military Women Trees		Related to:	C16 C17 P544 P545 P546 P548 P549
Other:	Photo is of two women in military uniform. They are standing with arms around each other facing the camera. There is a tree behind them.

CallNo: P548-F2a2			larger image
Descriptive Title: Military women			Type: Print
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 1 7/8 x 2 3/8			Condition: good
Text: [back] Eva [Sassola]. Ohio Rose Aisenberg Miller - Moss Shirley [Jewett] Pasadena, C [/vy Guest] - L.A. Calif. Grace Myers - Chicago [Ca]therine Chrisman - Nbr. V - F Day
Misc Info: Photo was taped onto a thin piece of cardboard with 5 other photos. All but one has been cropped. Photo has tape on front left side.
Subject:	Military Women Catherine Chrisman Building		Related to:	C16 C17 P544 P545 P546 P547 P549
Other:	Photo is of a group of 8 women with arms around shoulders. Appear to be in military dress. There is a building behind them.

CallNo: P549-F2a2			larger image
Descriptive Title: Military women			Type: Print
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 1 1/8 x 1 11/16			Condition: good
Text: [back] [rls] out [girls out]
Misc Info: Photo was taped onto a thin piece of cardboard with 5 other photos. All but one photo was cropped. Photo has tape on left front side and right top front.
Subject:	Military women Bottle Bathing suit Catherine Chrisman		Related to:	C16 C17 P544 P545 P546 P547 P548
Other:	Photo is of 3 women. One [Catherine Chrisman] is lying down. There is a glass bottle in front of her. The other two women are sitting. One has glasses on. Looks like they are on a blanket. There are bushes or brush behind them.

CallNo: PC10-F2a2			larger image
Descriptive Title: Dover, Delaware celebrations			Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: 1963			Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2			Condition: very good
Text: [back] Delaware's colonial glories are annually brought to the attention of the public through three events. Dover Days is marked each first Saturday in May. A Day in Old New Castle falls on the third Saturday in May. Odessa Day is the second Sunday in October. For information write, Delaware State Development Department, Dover, Delaware. D-48 Photo courtesy Delaware State Development Department. Pub & copyrighted 1963 by KEN-DEL PRODUCTIONS, Inc. 515 Shipley St., Wilmington, Del. Post Card. Place Stamp Here. 73014
Misc Info: Girl in colonial-style dress stands by tree; two others talk on porch of brick home.
Subject:	Colonial-dressed women Dover, Delaware Dover Day A Day in Old New Castle Odessa Day Delaware State Development Department flowers trees brick home sidewalk brick porch porch railing Wilmington, Delaware Ken-Del Productions		Related to:
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CallNo: PC34-F2a2			larger image
Descriptive Title: Four women in bathing suits			Type: Postcard
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2			Condition: very good
Text: [front] Beautiful Bathing Beauties, Out in the West No. A-31 [back] Post Card; Place Stamp Here; Made in U.S.A.; Correspondence; Address; Hetzel Photos, Dodge City, Kansas; Multakrom Post Card Co.
Misc Info: Four women in bathing suits beside a lake. Men in boat on lake.
Subject:	women in bathing suits lake trees rock bushes boat Hetzel Photos Dodge City, Kansas men in boat Multakrom Post Card Co.		Related to:
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CallNo: PC9-E1c			larger image
Descriptive Title: Dover Days Maypole Dances			Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: 1960			Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2			Condition: very good
Text: [front] (copyright symbol) 1960 Ken-Del Productions [back] Dover, Del. - Dover Days on Historic tree - shaded Dover Green Fairs and markets were held here in years gone by, on Dover Days Maypole Dances, the minuet, and eighteenth century games take their place. A Day in Old Dover is observed on the first Saturday in May, annually. No. DD84; Ektachrome by Ed Kennedy. Pub & copyrighted 1960 by Ken-Del Productions, Inc., Wilmington, Del. Postcard; Place Stamp Here. 6919-B
Misc Info: Color postcard; no correspondence; women in colorful dresses dance around a maypole; crowd watches.
Subject:	Maypole dance Dover Days Dover, Delaware Dover Green Ed Kennedy dancing women men at pole Ken-Del Productions minuet Wilmington, Delaware Ektachrome gathered crowd homes buildings trees grass		Related to:
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