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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: N11-E1a6
Descriptive Title: Jessy Roberts at Scotch Bluff Rodeo			Type: Negative
Date of Origin: July 4-5-[8] 1922			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 13/16"			Condition: very good
Text: 2 1 Safety Film Kodak Safety Film Photo by C.F. Smith Jessy Roberts Scotch Bluffs Rodeo July 4-5-8 1922
Misc Info: Woman rides saddlebronc at rodeo; stands with people in background
Subject:	Jessy Roberts Scotch Bluffs Rodeo Scotch Bluffs C.F. Smith spectators telephone pole woman cowboy saddlebronc horse rodeo rodeo arena grandstands		Related to:
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CallNo: N129-D1b
Descriptive Title: Longhorn cow laying down on the plains			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 2 3/8			Condition: very good
Text: [on side of negative] Kodak Safety Film Has a box of red lines around cows.
Misc Info: Longhorn cow lays down on the plains in front of several trees. The cow is looking at the camera. There is another cow sitting in the background among the trees. There is a telephone pole in the background also. A box of red pencil is drawn around the two cows.
Subject:	longhorn cows cattle plains trees telephone pole highwires Kodak		Related to:
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CallNo: N130-D1b
Descriptive Title: Longhorn bull			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 9/16 x 2 3/8			Condition: very good
Text: [on side of negative] Kodak Safety Film Has a box of red drawn around bull.
Misc Info: Bull standing in the plains in front of several trees. Looks like it might be a longhorn. He is facing left in the photo. A box of red pencil is drawn tightly around the bull.
Subject:	longhorn bull cattle cow trees telephone pole wires Kodak		Related to:
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CallNo: N133-D1b
Descriptive Title: Longhorn cattle behind large tree			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 2 7/16			Condition: very good
Text: [on side of negative] Kodak Safety Film A box drawn in red pencil is around the cattle and house in the background.
Misc Info: A herd of longhorn cattle are in the background. In foreground is a large tree. There is a house or other building also in the background, along with a telephone pole and lines. Four cows are standing and several are laying down in the field. A box drawn in red pencil is around the cattle and house in the background.
Subject:	longhorn cattle tree house building telephone pole telephone pole lines Kodak		Related to:
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CallNo: N135-D1b
Descriptive Title: Longhorn cow sitting on the plains			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 2 7/16			Condition: very good
Text: [on side of negative] Kodak Safety Film A box in red pencil is drawn around the cow.
Misc Info: One longhorn cow sits on the plains, facing the camera. There are several trees and a telephone pole and telephone pole lines in the background. A box in red pencil is drawn around the cow.
Subject:	longhorn cow cattle trees plains telephone pole telephone pole lines Kodak		Related to:
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CallNo: N136-D1b
Descriptive Title: Cattle herd with some longhorns			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 2 7/16			Condition: very good
Text: [on side of negative] Kodak Safety Film There is a red box drawn around the closest group of cattle.
Misc Info: A herd of cattle stand among trees on a pasture or on the plains. There is a house or other building in the background, and a telephone pole and lines. There is one longhorn visible in the bunch. There is a red box drawn around the closest group of cattle.
Subject:	cattle longhorn cattle telephone pole telephone pole lines trees house building pasture plains		Related to:
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CallNo: N137-D1b
Descriptive Title: Two longhorn cows and one calf			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 2 1/2			Condition: very good
Text: [on side of negative] Kodak Safety Film There are 3 red lines drawn around cows.
Misc Info: A longhorn cow and a calf sit on the ground behind a shrub or small tree. Another longhorn cow is on the left side of the negative, but only its head is visible. The cattle could be in a pasture or on the plains. Telephone poles and lines are in the background.
Subject:	longhorn cattle cows calf trees telephone poles telephone pole wires pasture plains Kodak		Related to:
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CallNo: N141-D1a2
Descriptive Title: Herd of cattle on the plains or in a pasture			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 2 3/8			Condition: very good
Text: [on side of negative] Kodak Safety Film There is a box drawn in red pencil around the cow laying down and the cattle behind it.
Misc Info: Herd of cattle in a pasture or on the plains. There is one large cow (longhorned, perhaps) sitting on the ground. There is a house or building on the far left side of the negative, with trees and a telephone pole and telephone lines in the background. A dirt road or path is in the foreground of the negative. There is a box drawn in red pencil around the cow laying down and the cattle behind it.
Subject:	cattle longhorn cattle house building trees telephone pole telephone pole lines pasture plains Kodak		Related to:
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CallNo: N163-A3b1
Descriptive Title: Rock Island Depot or other railway building			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 4 7/8			Condition: very good
Text: Rock Island
Misc Info: Words written on the ground say Rock Island in front of a building, looks like it is probably a depot. Don't think it is the Liberal, Kansas, Rock Island Depot. There are other buildings in the background, and the automobiles look like they are from the 1950s era. There is a large, bare tree in front of depot building.
Subject:	Rock Island Depot buildings trees automobiles railroad telephone poles		Related to:	E15
Other:	Negatives N163 and N164 are together on the same film strip.

CallNo: N164-A6
Descriptive Title: Electric box outside of a Rock Island Depot or other building			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 4 7/8			Condition: very good
Text:
Misc Info: Some kind of metal structure; looks like an electric box with slats in the sides. Buildings in the background look like the same buildings from N163, so the box is probably in front of the Rock Island Depot or other building in the same area.
Subject:	electric box metal structure with slats buildings trees telephone poles		Related to:	E15
Other:	Negatives N163 and N164 are together on the same film strip.

CallNo: N167-H1f
Descriptive Title: Fence line hung with dead coyotes			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 4 11/16			Condition: very good
Text:
Misc Info: A fence line with dead coyotes hung on the posts. There is a ditch, paved road and telephone poles also in the negative.
Subject:	fence line dead coyotes ditch paved road telephone poles		Related to:	E15 P248 P249 N168
Other:	Same as N168, but at a different angle.

CallNo: N168
Descriptive Title: Fence line with dead coyotes hung on it			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 4 11/16			Condition: very good
Text:
Misc Info: A fence line with dead coyotes hung from the posts. There is a ditch next to the fence, and a road and telephone poles also in the negative.
Subject:	fence line dead coyotes ditch paved road telephone poles		Related to:	E15
Other:	Same as N167, but at a different angle

CallNo: N33-F1b
Descriptive Title: Leonard Stroud twirls a lasso			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2"			Condition: very good
Text: Leonard Stroud 0675
Misc Info: Cowboy twirls lasso, possibly at a rodeo; buildings and telephone poles in background
Subject:	Leonard Stroud lasso lariat rope rodeo cowboy buildings trees telephone poles cowboy boots		Related to:
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CallNo: P100-E1a6			larger image
Descriptive Title: Stagecoach race at Pendleton Roundup			Type: Print
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 4 1/8 x 5 1/16			Condition: very good
Text: [front] Stagecoach race Pendleton Round-up. (Doubleday)
Misc Info: Two stagecoaches race along track; grandstands in background are full.
Subject:	stagecoaches race Pendleton Roundup Pendleton Doubleday rodeo rodeo arena track grandstands spectators cowboys horses telephone poles tree		Related to:
Other:	copy

CallNo: P102-E1a6			larger image
Descriptive Title: Leonard Stroud trick roping			Type: Print
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 4 1/8 x 5			Condition: good
Text: [front] Leonard Stroud [back] Leonard Stroud trick roping
Misc Info: Man twirls a lariat (rope or lasso) (name on front looks like it's printed with a typewriter).
Subject:	Leonard Stroud trick roping rope lariat lasso rodeo buidlings telephone poles trees		Related to:
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CallNo: P161-B1b1			larger image
Descriptive Title: Rock Island's last steam locomotives			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1969			Provenance:
Size: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16			Condition: good
Text: [front] [emblem] Rock Island; The Rock Island's last steam locomotives were the twenty 5100-series, 4-8-4, Northerns, purchased from Alco in two seperate orders. Oil burners 5100-5109 were delivered in 1944, and two years later the railroad received coal burners 5110-5119. The engines were 109 feet long, weighed in at nearly 423 tons fully loaded, had 74-inch, roller-bearing-equipped drivers and operated on 270 pounds of steam pressure. [back] cancell this order 4/28/69 Mb
Misc Info: Print with two trains and caption at the bottom; top train is 5100; bottom is 5119; Rock Island logo at left of caption; back writing in purple and pencil.
Subject:	Rock Island locomotives Rock Island Railroad steam locomotive 5100-series telephone poles, buildings Northerns Alco roller-bearing-equipped drivers oil burners 5100-5109 S-1920 S-1984 coal burners 5110-5119 railroad engines railroad tracks		Related to:
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CallNo: P248-H1f			larger image
Descriptive Title: Fence line hung with dead coyotes			Type: Print
Date of Origin: April 1961			Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 3 9/16			Condition: good
Text: [front] APR 61 [back] KODAK VELOX PAPER [stamped several times]
Misc Info: Photo is of a road on the left with a barbed wire fence on the right. The fence has coyotes hanging on each post. They are hanging with their tails over one side and body over the other. There are too many to count.
Subject:	fence line dead coyotes ditch paved road telephone poles coyotes road		Related to:	P249- N167 N168
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CallNo: P249-H1f			larger image
Descriptive Title: Fence line hung with dead coyotes			Type: Print
Date of Origin: April 1961			Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 3 9/16			Condition: good
Text: [front] APR 61 [back] [stamped several times] KODAK VELOX PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of a road on the left with a barbed wire fence on the right. The fence has coyotes hanging on each post. They are hanging with their tails over one side and body over the other. There are too many to count.
Subject:	fence line dead coyotes paved road ditch telephone poles coyotes road		Related to:	P248-H1f N167 N168
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CallNo: P25-C1c			larger image
Descriptive Title: Blizzard of 1957			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1957			Provenance:
Size: 8 1/16 x 10			Condition: very good
Text: [front] ROCK ISLAND GOLDEN[S] [back] 24 ; 36 [36 is circled] ; [stamp] HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 ; [photo has lines drawn on back]
Misc Info: Snow drifts almost as high as train. Three people stand in train entrance; one standing on snowdrift; more people in background on snow.
Subject:	snow drifts Rock Island Train Golden [s] people Liberal area telephone poles fences		Related to:
Other:	Photo has stains on back. Photo has tape on top back.

CallNo: P303-A5e			larger image
Descriptive Title: Fort Sam at Houston, Texas			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1917			Provenance:
Size: 2 3/16 x 4			Condition: very good
Text: [stamped on front of photo] Copyrighted by C.W. Henningsen, San Antonio, Texas. [back of photo] Part of Ft. Sam, Houston, Texas 1917
Misc Info: Buildings, automobiles and houses in the background of a town scene. There is a line of automobiles and trucks in the forefront of the photo, and visible are the tops of several buildings, possibly bunkers. Large houses are in the background.
Subject:	Fort Sam Houston, Texas automobiles buildings houses trees telephone poles C.W. Henningsen San Antonio, Texas		Related to:
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CallNo: P3-B1b			larger image
Descriptive Title: Orange train wreck			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1902			Provenance:Chrisman Collection - private
Size: 4 9/16 x 6 5/16			Condition: fair
Text: [front] An other picture of the orange train wreck. [back note] In 1902 the engine of one train crashed into the caboose of a fruit train. Oranges were scattered all over the tracks at Liberal, KS. Dr. J.C. Watkins was obliged to use an axe in cutting a trainman's leg off to extract him from the wreckage near the boiler. The man was deadheading back to his home. Dr. Watkins later lived at Harlingen Texas. Photo from Chrisman Collection. 8 24 65 % [on back] Train wreck on Chi & Rock Island at Liberal, Kansas, circa 1902. Engine of one train hit caboose of second train. Trainman's leg had to be cut off to free him from engine. Several carloads of oranges were scattered [pell mill] over the right-of-way. 8 Harry E. Chrisman Lane D. Apt. 74 Bluebonnet Courts, Liberal, KS Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215
Misc Info: Photo is of a wrecked caboose, train engine. Cars sit on tracks. Crowd gathered, some working on train. Debris and other items litter the ground.
Subject:	orange train caboose train engine gathered crowd debris Liberal, Kansas telephone poles steam from engine train cars Harlingen Texas barrel building train track Dr. J.C. Watkins		Related to:
Other:	Photo is on thick cardboard.

CallNo: P58-A1a			larger image
Descriptive Title: Tumbleweeds			Type: Print
Date of Origin: spring 1957			Provenance:private collection - Chrisman Collection
Size: 4 1/16 x 5			Condition: good
Text: [back] 40 [40 circled] Tumbleweeds move into town. Spring 1957 Liberal, Kansas Blue Bonnet Courts shown in picture Harry E. Chrisman Lane D, Apt. 74 Bluebonnet Courts Liberal, Kansas [back note] 40 [40 circled] Note tumbleweeds atop telephone poles. Tumbleweeds moved into town and piled to rooftops in Blue Bonnet Courts, Liberal, Spring of 1957. You can image hitting 20-foot stacks of them in the railway cuts, with the engine doing 60 to 70 MPH! Photo from Chrisman Collection [sentence underlined]. 24 102%
Misc Info: Arrows on picture point to tumbleweeds in telephone wires. Tumbleweeds are stacked at back of Blue Bonnet Courts houses.
Subject:	tumbleweeds Liberal, Kansas Blue Bonnet Courts telephone poles dirt street or alley barrels house wooden posts barrel lid		Related to:
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CallNo: P80-A1a			larger image
Descriptive Title: Sacajawea Memorial Ceremony			Type: Print
Date of Origin: February 25, 1970			Provenance:
Size: 3 1/8 x 4 7/8			Condition: very good
Text: [front] [?] Sacagawea Memorial tablet. Three Forks, Mont., Oct. 2, 1914 [back] Frame No. 22 Copied Fairfield Foto Film Date Feb. 25 1970
Misc Info: Photo is of a crowd gathering around marker in Three Forks, Mont. Train is coming through town in background. There are automobiles and horse drawn carriages in the photo. Buildings and electric or phone poles are visable.
Subject:	Sacajawea Memorial Marker gathered crowd Three Forks, Montana buggies cars horses buildings silo telephone poles houses train mountains		Related to:
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CallNo: P93-E1a4			larger image
Descriptive Title: Jessy Roberts at Scottsbluff, Neb., rodeo			Type: Print
Date of Origin: July 4, 5, 6 1922			Provenance:
Size: 4 1/16 x 4 15/16			Condition: very good
Text: [front] By C.F. Smith Jessy Roberts Scotch Bluffs, Rodeo July 4-5-6 1922 [back] Jessy Roberts Scottsbluff, Nebr., Rodeo July 4-5-6 1922 Photo by C.F. Smith, 1922
Misc Info: Woman rides saddlebronc at rodeo with spectators in the background.
Subject:	Jessy Roberts Scottsbluff, Nebraska rodeo rodeo arena C.F. Smith saddlebronc grandstands spectators light or telephone poles building		Related to:
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CallNo: P9-C1c			larger image
Descriptive Title: Blizzard of 1957			Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1957			Provenance:Southwest Daily Times
Size: 8 1/16 x 10			Condition: very good
Text: [back note] Even the snow-plows stalled in the deep cuts when high winds drifted them full of snow. Photo by Joe Cannon, Southwest Daily Times. 24 c/o [Jones] 75 % [back] 5 24 Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215
Misc Info: Snow plow is stuck in large, long snow drift. Three people on right side of ditch, three or four on left side; one man standing on drift by plow.
Subject:	snow drifts snow plow people Liberal area telephone poles dirt ditch cuts fence Joe Cannon Southwest Daily Times		Related to:
Other:	Photo has tape on back.

CallNo: PC5-D2a			larger image
Descriptive Title: Broom corn crop in Liberal			Type: Postcard
Date of Origin:			Provenance:private collection - Maurine and Crompton Tate
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2			Condition: good
Text: [front] #53 Always Something (letter "s" is backwards) doing at Liberal. [back note] A Saturday street scene during the booming broom-corn years in Southwest Kansas. Photo courtesy Maurine and Crompton Tate. Don't mark photo! [back] When hardware its hardware, can't even buy a snap in it, was in the harness shop also, but did not talk with the owner Edison. Was in the court house also. Aug had some business there in regards school bonds he is treasure of their district. Aug. is having quite a time out here. Sunday we are invited out to dinner. There is a family here from Chester, Neb., by the name of John Preifert. Harry E. Chrisman - Return Pic; Post Card Correspondence here (short vertical line) Place Stamp Here; Name and address here; Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 Liberal, Kansas (word ACTUAL written on right side)
Misc Info: Busy street scene with wagons full of broom corn. Downtown Liberal, Kansas, street scene.
Subject:	broom-corn downtown Liberal, Kansas wagons horses farmers Southwest Kansas Lands building Star Grocery building Edison owner of hardware store John Preifert telephone poles street-side shops Chester, Nebraska Maurine and Crompton Tate		Related to:
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