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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.  
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CallNo: C18  
Descriptive Title: Advertising copy paper   Type: Comments
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size:    Condition: fair
Text: On back: Plastics *Larabee Home (on move-Pic by Joe Cannon) *Palo Duro Red Rock *Green Stone House * On front: Southwest Daily Times - Advertising Copy Paper; One Column, Two Columns, Three Columns, Four Columns, Five Columns; One Column, Two Columns, Three Columns, Four Columns, Five Columns, Six Columns, Seven Columns, Eight Columns; 1 inch, 2 inches, 3 inches, 4 inches, 5 inches, 6 inches, 7 inches, 8 inches, 9 inches, 10 inches, 11 inches, 12 inches, 13 inches, 14 inches, 15 inches.
Misc Info: This paper had 4 plastic negatives in it.
Subject: Larrabee home
Green Stone house
Palo Duro
Red Rock
Plastics
Southwest Daily Times
Advertising copy paper
  Related to:  N215
N216
N217
N218
Other:    

CallNo: C5-A5a  
Descriptive Title: Map description by Irvin Green   Type: Comments
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 1/2 x 5   Condition: fair
Text: [front] no 1 turned back; The above map was sketched by Irvin Green, now 81 years old, old "No Man's Land" cowboy, to show the position of his father's ranch house on the Palo Duro Creek. The old and mysterious Red Rock of the Palo Duro is shown, northwest of the Green ranch home. The small map (inset_ may help to locate the area on the Oklahoma panhandle state map. Mr. Green lives at Lisle, Illinois today.
Misc Info: 
Subject: Irvin Green
"No Man's Land"
cowboy
Ranch house
Palo Duro Creek
Red Rock
Oklahoma Panhandle
Lisle, Illinois
  Related to:  P131-A5a
M1-A5a
E2-A5a
Other:    

CallNo: E18  
Descriptive Title: Abandoned farm   Type: Envelope
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size:    Condition: good
Text: On negative envelope: "Abandoned Farm" Kansas Photo by Chrisman "Kansas Settlers" Photo by Day (Negatives)
Misc Info: This negative envelope had 2 negatives in it. This was placed in a mat/frame.
Subject: Negatives
Kansas
Farm
Family
Abandoned farm
House
Settlers
  Related to:  P450
P451
P456
M/F2
N174
N175
Other:    

CallNo: E31-F2a4  
Descriptive Title: Hancock family   Type: Envelope
Date of Origin: 1988?   Provenance:
Size: 5 9/16 x 8 11/16"   Condition: very good
Text: [front] Negs of Hancock + Prints ; C 215292 ; Chrisman, H ; Date 9/22 ; Phone 238-5782 ; BLACK AND WHITE [check mark] ; Matte. ; Negative No. Lorig ; Instructions 1 ea C N ; 5 ea 5 x 7 ; PRINTS MADE 1 cn 5 ox ; PRICE Dev. 5.00 Print 11.25 Total $16.25 ; COLORADO CAMERA CO, INC. Custom Color And B&W Finishers 2480 Kipling St. Lakewood, Colo. 80215 233-4788 ; CALL
Misc Info: Envelope is for ordering photo enlargements, reprints, development and such.
Subject: Hancock family prints
Trailer house
Colorado Camera Co, Inc.
Negatives
Prints
  Related to:  P495
P276 (2 copies)
Other: Envelope had 2 copies of same photo P276. Original photo is P495.    

CallNo: E9-  
Descriptive Title: Envelope to Harry Chrisman   Type: Envelope
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 6" x 8.25"   Condition: excellent
Text: Marion Eldridge, Sr. Old rock house on Hardesty Ranch "No Mans Land" Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver Colo. 80215. Make 2 5x7" copies of each. Bill me as usual. Do not bend
Misc Info: Market basket Photo co. Third class mail on envelope. Can't read part because of the writing.
Subject: No Man's Land
Marion Eldridge, Sr.
Old Rock House on Hardesty Ranch
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CallNo: M/F4  
Descriptive Title: Robbers Roost Montana   Type: Matting - Frame
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size:    Condition: very good
Text: On front: "Robbers Roost" - Mont.
Misc Info: This mat/frame had a negative envelope with a negative. These were inside the mat/frame.
Subject: Robbers roost
Montana
Vigilante trail
House
Building
Trees
  Related to:  P443
P444
E20
N204
Other:    

CallNo: M1-A5a  
Descriptive Title: Map of Oklahoma - hand drawn   Type: 
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 1/2 x 5 3/4"   Condition: fair
Text: [front] Irvin Green, 2-27-61; Hi-way 54/64, Beaver River, Guymon, Coldwater, Hardesty, Duro - Palo Duro, Okla. 3, Boyd, Balco, Gray, Lone Rock, Pa's Stone House, Red Rock.
Misc Info: There is a small map in the left bottom corner.
Subject: Palo Duro Lone Rock
stone house
Irvin Green
Guymon, Oklahoma
Hardesty, Oklahoma
Red Rock
Beaver River
Coldwater, Oklahoma Balco, Oklahoma
Boyd, Oklahoma
Gray Oklahoma, Hiway 54/64
  Related to:  P131-A5a
C5-A5a
E2-A5a
Other:    

CallNo: N103-F2b5  
Descriptive Title: Mr. Babbitt and family on porch of house   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: Man with wife and children standing on house porch to pose for photo. Three boys stand in front, tallest on left and decending to right. Woman holding baby behind middle boy, and man in back on right. They look to be wearing their best clothes -- suits for the men. Two of the boys are wearing a hat. Looks like there was a tear in the negative at the bottom.
Subject: Mr. Babbitt
woman
children
boys
house
Ansco
  Related to:  P418-F2b5
E29
N104
Other: The negative is pretty dark.    

CallNo: N109-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: Sod House at Secoro's Ranch in Beaver County, Oklahoma   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 9/16   Condition: very good
Text: Sod House at Secoro's Ranch Beaver Co. Okla. No. 11 [on sides of negative] Kodak Safety Film
Misc Info: Sod house with trees around it. There are a couple of barrels in the picture, one up by the house and one in the yard. There is a fence on the right side of the picture. Might be a sheet hanging over fence.
Subject: Secoro's Ranch
sod house
Beaver County, Oklahoma
trees
fence
barrel
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CallNo: N112  
Descriptive Title: Little girl beside sod house   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 3/8   Condition: very good
Text: "HOME SWEET HOME" #16 [on sides of negative] Kodak Safety Film F 8
Misc Info: Sod house with a little girl standing beside it. It looks like she might be holding a puppy or something else. House has one window on the end.
Subject: sod house
little girl
puppy
grass
bushes
  Related to:  P135
Other:    

CallNo: N113-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: House sitting among trees   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 1/2   Condition: good
Text: [on side of negative] Kodak Safety Film
Misc Info: House sits among trees. House has two chimneys on top. It looks like it's two story, with a window on the top and a door on the front.
Subject: house
trees
fence
Kodak
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CallNo: N114-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: People beside their home built into a hill   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 1/2   Condition: very good
Text: A Home In The Hills No 23 Day Photo (underlined)
Misc Info: A sod house is built into the side of a hill. A man stands on top (?) of house with his horse and dog. A team of horses pulling a wagon looks like it is on top of another part of the house, while the woman is standing on the hill below the house.
Subject: home
Day
sod house
horses
wagon
dog
hill
scrub grass
man
woman
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CallNo: N117-F2b5  
Descriptive Title: Family stands behind rabbits hung on stick   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 1/2   Condition: very good
Text: [at bottom] No. 28 You need not starve in the Southwest. [written toward bottom left] The crop that never fails. [balloon that looks like it's coming from one mule's mouth] Sure Mike [balloon from other mule's mouth] Are we all here? [written toward bottom right] Poor Mans Paradise
Misc Info: Eight rabbits hang upside down from a stick. Man holding rifle or other gun stands behind them, with his wife who is holding a child. Three children are on mule at right; two children on mule at left. Looks like a house or other building in the background.
Subject: family
rabbit
man
woman
children
mules
building
house
gun
rifle
  Related to:  P63
Other:    

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
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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
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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
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CallNo: N174-F2b5  
Descriptive Title: Kansas pioneer family and farmer   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 3/4 x 1 11/16   Condition: excellent
Text: On frame mat: "Abandoned Kansas Farm" (Dust Bowl era) 1930-50 Photo by Chrisman "Kansas Pioneer Farmer + Family Photo by Day On negative envelope: "Abandoned Farm" Kansas Photo by Chrisman "Kansas Settlers" Photo by Day (Negatives)
Misc Info: 
Subject: pioneers
settlers
family
horses
house
home
farmer
children
  Related to:  M/F2
E18
P451
P450
P456
N175
Other:    

CallNo: N175-A2b6  
Descriptive Title: Abandoned Kansas Farm   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 7/8 x 1 3/4   Condition: excellent
Text: On mat/frame: "Abandoned Kansas Farm" (Dust Bowl era) 1930-50 Photo by Chrisman "Kansas Pioneer Farmer + Family Photo by Day On negative envelope: "Abandoned Farm" Kansas Photo by Chrisman "Kansas Settlers" Photo by Day (Negatives)
Misc Info: 
Subject: Farm
abandoned
Kansas
Dust Bowl era
1930-1950
Wagon wheel
Windmill
House
  Related to:  P450
P456
M/F2
E18
P451
N174
Other:    

CallNo: N200-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: Old ranch house   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 5   Condition: excellent
Text: Kodak safety film; 1 A
Misc Info: Negative is of a ruined building on the plains. There is brush or grass in the front. Wood or something is in the grass in the foreground. Possibly a piece of fence.
Subject: Ranch house
ruins
  Related to:  P333
N201
P334
Other: N200 and N201 are on the same film strip. They appear to be of the same building, but at a different angle.    

CallNo: N201-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: Old ranch house   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 5   Condition: excellent
Text: Kodak safety film Kodak; 2
Misc Info: Negative is of a ruined building on the plains. There is brush or grass in the foreground. Wood or something is in the grass in the foreground. Possibly a piece of fence.
Subject: ranch house
ruins
  Related to:  P333
P334
N200
Other: N200 and N201 are on same film strip. They appear to be the same thing but from slightly different angle.    

CallNo: N204-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: Robbers roost   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 3/4 x 1 3/4   Condition: excellent
Text: On negative: Robbers roost on Vigilante trail 10
Misc Info: Negative was in a negative envelope with "Negative - 'Robbers Roost' ; 4 with a circle around it ; 2 V copies = 2 - 5x7 1 each" written on it. This negative envelope was in a mat/frame with "Robbers Roost" - Mont. written on it.
Subject: Robbers roost
Montana
House
Trees
Vigilante trail
Building
  Related to:  P443
P444
M/F4
E20
Other: Negative is of a building with trees on the side of it. There appears to be another building behind and to the side of it. Appears to be 2 story with decks on each level.    

CallNo: N216-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: Green Stone house   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 3/8 x 4 5/16   Condition: poor
Text: In red barely legible: The old Green Ranch House
Misc Info: Labeled as Plastics. It looks like a negative but feels like plastic, smooth on one side and rough on the other. Was in a folded Southwest Daily Times advertising copy paper with 3 other plastics.
Subject: Green Stone house
People
Building
Fence
  Related to:  C18
N215
N217
N218
Other: This is in very poor condition. It is hard to see the picture. There is a house and 1 or 2 people standing in front of the house. There is a possible fence also.    

CallNo: N217-A2a3  
Descriptive Title: Larrabee home   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 9 3/16 x 6 5/16   Condition: good
Text: Signs in the picture: CITIZENS STATE BANK; TUCKER; WARREN HOTEL; POOL.
Misc Info: Labeled as Plastics. It looks like a negative but feels like plastic, smooth on one side and rough on the other. Was in a folded Southwest Daily Times advertising copy paper with 3 other plastics.
Subject: Larrabee
Moving
House moving
Town
Home
Automobiles
People
Street
  Related to:  C18
N215
N216
N218
Other: Negative is of a house being moved on a trailer. It is being pulled by a truck. There is a man walking backwards guiding the truck. There are people watching from the sidewalk, some have bicycles. There are automobiles parked on the side of the street.    

CallNo: N218-A5a  
Descriptive Title: Map of Oklahoma - hand drawn   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 7/16 x 5 9/16   Condition: very good
Text: [front] Irvin Green, 2-27-61; Hi-way 54/64, Beaver River, Guymon, Coldwater, Hardesty, Duro - Palo Duro, Okla. 3, Boyd, Balco, Gray, Lone Rock, Pa's Stone House, Red Rock.
Misc Info: Labeled as Plastics. It looks like a negative but feels like plastic, smooth on one side and rough on the other. Was in a folded Southwest Daily Times advertising copy paper with 3 other plastics.
Subject: Palo Duro Lone Rock
Stone house
Irvin Green
Guymon, Oklahoma
Hardesty, Oklahoma
Red Rock
Beaver River
Coldwater, Oklahoma Balco, Oklahoma
Boyd, Oklahoma
Gray Oklahoma, Hiway 54/64
  Related to:  C18
N215
N216
N217
M1
P131
C5
E2
Other: Plastic negative is of a map of Oklahoma.    

CallNo: N38-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: House with fence   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 1/2 x 4 3/4"   Condition: very good
Text: B, 2, Kodak Safety Film
Misc Info: Picture of a house front and side view with fence in front and trees in back. Has chair on porch. Has building behind it.
Subject: house
fence
trees
chairs
  Related to:  N39-A2b11
N40-A2b11
N41-A2b11
P132-A2b11
P133-A2b11
Other:    

CallNo: N40-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: House side view   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 1/2 x 5"   Condition: good
Text: Kodak
Misc Info: Negative has scratches on the top. Picture of side and front view with building in the back.
Subject: house
trees
chairs
buildings
  Related to:  N38-A2b11
N39-A2b11
N41-A2b11
P132-A2b11
P133-A2b11
Other:    

CallNo: N41-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: Back of house   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 1/2 x 5"   Condition: very good
Text: A1, Kodak Safety Fill, Film
Misc Info: Picture of back of house with building behind it and tree to the side. Overturned chair on porch.
Subject: house
buildings
trees
porch
chair
  Related to:  N38-A2b11
N39-A2b11
N40-A2b11
P132-A2b11
P133-A2b11
Other:    

CallNo: N80-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: Old Rock House on Hardesy Ranch   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 9/16"   Condition: very good
Text: 11 Kodak Safety Film Kodak Safety Film
Misc Info: House on plains; automobile beside house; windmill right behind house.
Subject: Old Rock House
Hardesty Ranch
Oklahoma Panhandle
Cimarron Meridian
plains
ranch
house
automobile trees
car windmill
Kodak Safety Film
  Related to:  P208-A2b11
Other:    

CallNo: N84-F2b1  
Descriptive Title: Negative of Tom Babbitt's Family   Type: Negative
Date of Origin: 1880-1900   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 2 7/16"   Condition: excellent
Text: left to right, Salema Myers, Mary Preston, Roy, Mama, Willis and myself.
Misc Info: Picture of Tom Babbitt and his family at their home near Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Subject: Tom Babbitt
Salema Myers
Roy Babbitt
Willis Babbitt
Mary Preston
Mrs. Babbitt
windmill water tank house
  Related to:  P218-F2b1
N85-F2i
N86-F2f1
N87-F2a1
Other:    

CallNo: N95-D1a1  
Descriptive Title: Cattle in pasture or fenced-in area   Type: Negative
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 2 3/8   Condition: very good
Text: [side of negative] A 1 Kodak Safety Film
Misc Info: Herd of cows gatherd around what looks like a water trough or feed. One cow stands in foreground. Cows are mostly white with black faces and black spots. There is fencing visible, as well as a house in the background surrounded by trees.
Subject: cattle
cows
fencing
trough
house
trees
Kodak
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Other: Found same negative on another sheet. It is numbered N95 also. It is on the same sheet as N99-N101    

CallNo: NC10-H1d1  
Descriptive Title: The Pride of Fargo Springs   Type: Newspaper Clipping
Date of Origin: August 17, 1960   Provenance:
Size: 5 1/2 x 9"   Condition: fair
Text: The pride of Fargo Springs in its day, this is the way the Fargo Springs brick schoolhouse... Picturesque were the ruins of the old Fargo Springs brick schoolhouse in later years...
Misc Info: Has 2 pictures top one is of Fargo Springs schoolhouse; bottom is of the ruins.
Subject: Fargo Springs
school house R.A. Evans
Mrs. H.C. Evans
Mrs. F.T. St. Aubyn teacher
Mrs. Frank G. Boles L.D. Weidensaul
U.S. Highway 83 Cimarron River Bridge
landmarks Southwest Daily Times
"The Little White" Christian Church
First Christian Church
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CallNo: P131-A5a  
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Descriptive Title: Window   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 x 7 1/8   Condition: good
Text: [front] (red lines and x's) [back] No 3
Misc Info: Picture is of a window looking outside. Looks like a dirt road, 2 fields and a row of trees.
Subject: Ranch house
stone house
window
scenic view
Palo Duro Creek
Red Rock
Palo Duro
Irvin Green
No Man's Land
Oklahoma Panhandle Lisle, Illinois
  Related to:  M1-A5a
C5-A5a
E2-A5a
Other: Photo has tape tear mark on bottom back. Photo has a paperclip stain on top, left back.    

CallNo: P132-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: House with fence and trees   Type: Print
Date of Origin: May 1961   Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 3 9/16   Condition: excellent
Text: [front] May - 61 [back] Kodak Velox paper (three times)
Misc Info: Picture of front and side view of house with fence in front and trees in back, chairs on porch.
Subject: house
fence
chairs
trees
buildings
  Related to:  N38-A2b11
N39-A2b11
N40-A2b11
N41-A2b11
P133-A2b11
Other:    

CallNo: P133-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Side view of house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: May 1961   Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 3 9/16   Condition: excellent
Text: [front] May . 61 [back] Kodak Velox paper
Misc Info: Picture of side view and front of house. Chair is overturned, building in background, trees in background.
Subject: house
chairs
trees
buildings
  Related to:  N38-A2b11
N39-A2b11
N40-A2b11
N41-A2b11
P132-A2b11
Other:    

CallNo: P135-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Sod house with child in front   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 1/8 x 7 5/8   Condition: good
Text: [front] "Home Sweet Home" #16
Misc Info: Picture of sod house with girl child in light dress holding a puppy. House has 2 windows.
Subject: sod house
child
puppy
dogs
  Related to:  N112
Other:    

CallNo: P15-A3b1  
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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: P181-F2b2  
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Descriptive Title: Emrie Family with two mules   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 x 7 1/8   Condition: very good
Text: [back] Harry E. Chrisman Lane D Apt. 74 Bluebonnet Courts Liberal, Kansas [note] Beaver County Oklahoma pioneers Mr. and Mrs. Harlo Emrie and children. Left to right the children are, Chester, Helen, and Lawrence. Photo approximately 1905. Courtesy Lois Morrissey. I knew Harlo Emrie as a man of 70-75. He drove a Cadillac. Was a nice old chap to visit with. He married J.M. Hickman's widow, but it never worked out. HEC
Misc Info: Picture is of a man holding the reins of a mule team standing by his wife in front of a sod house. 3 children are sitting in a wagon in front of them. There are chickens running around.
Subject: family
Harlo Emrie
Chester Emrie
Helen Emrie
Lawrence Emrie
mules
sod house
Lois Morrissey
J.M. Hickman's chickens cows
Beaver County, Oklahoma pioneers
  Related to: 
Other: Photo has tape on top back.    

CallNo: P203-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Tepee in front of houses   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 4 1/8 x 7 1/8   Condition: very good
Text: [back] V.A. Kear builder of sod town; 2 miles east of Dighton, Kansas; Return to Harry C; Harry E. Chrisman Lane D, Apt. 74 Bluebonnet Courts Liberal, Kansas
Misc Info: Picture is of 4 buildings with a tepee in front of them. There are 3 cars, 1 wagon, 1 buggy, 1 windmill and 1 American flag. Photo has stains on back.
Subject: Tepee
houses
cars
automobiles
windmill
wagon
V.A. Kear
sod town
Dighton, Kansas
Teepee
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CallNo: P208-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Old Rock House on Hardesy Ranch   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 4 7/8 x 7 1/8   Condition: good
Text: Old Rock House on Hardesty Ranch Okla. Panhandle NW 1/4, Sec. 23, in Twp.[Turp.] 1, North of Range 19, East of Cimarron Meridian.
Misc Info: House on plains; automobile beside house; windmill right behind house. Photo has tape on top left back.
Subject: Old Rock House
Hardesty Ranch
Oklahoma Panhandle
Cimarron Meridian
plains
ranch
house
automobile
trees
car windmill
  Related to:  N80-A2b11
Other:    

CallNo: P223-F2b3  
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Descriptive Title: Ralph Bell Family   Type: Print
Date of Origin: circa 1921   Provenance:
Size: 7 15/16 x 10 1/16   Condition: excellent
Text: Back: left to right: Lyman (Bell brother of Ralph) Mom (Delyra) - Dad (Ralph) - Lucille, Margaret Ralph Bell Family circa 1921 Henry, Neb.
Misc Info: .
Subject: family
Ralph Bell
House, homestead
1920s
  Related to:  P222-F2b3
P224-F2b2
Other:    

CallNo: P243-A5g  
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Descriptive Title: Springfield, KS School House   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 3 7/8 x 3 5/8   Condition: excellent
Text: [BACK] Springfield, Ks School house 2 col Harry E. Chrisman Lane D, Apt. 74 Bluebonnet Courts Liberal, Kansas
Misc Info: Photo is of old schoolhouse with a possible human standing in the right corner of building.
Subject: school house
Springfield, KS
  Related to: 
Other:    

CallNo: P244-A5g  
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Descriptive Title: Arkalon, KS School house   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 3 3/4 x 3 9/16   Condition: excellent
Text: {back of photo} Arkalon, KS School 2 col Harry E. Chrisman Lane D, Apt. 74 Bluebonnet Courts Liberal, Kansas
Misc Info: Photo is of building, 2 story with a tower, has many windows. Picture is of front with door open. There is a fence in front of building.
Subject: school house
Arkalon, KS
  Related to: 
Other:    

CallNo: P246-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: house and family   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2   Condition: good
Text: [back] 2 col [stamp] HARRY E. CHRISMAN LANE D, APT. 74 BLUEBONNET COURTS LIBERAL, KANSAS
Misc Info: Photo is of a family sitting and standing on their front porch. Photo is taken from a distance. It is a one story home with another building directly behind it. There is a chimney on the roof and a windmill in the far right behind the house. There are trees behind the house and bushes in front.
Subject: Family dwelling
House
Family
Home
Building
Trees
Windmill
  Related to: 
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CallNo: P273-A2a3  
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Descriptive Title: Moving a house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: early 1900 - 1920   Provenance:
Size: 5 3/4 x 7 3/4   Condition: good
Text: [back] 4 col [stamp] HARRY E. CHRISMAN LANE D, APT. 74 BLUEBONNET COURTS LIBERAL, KANSAS
Misc Info: Photo is of a two-story house with a porch on second floor. There are 13 men and 1 boy standing in front of house. There is one man holding 2 horses. There is a team of horses in the foreground. There are buildings and trees in the background. The main house is raised in the air possibly on wheels.
Subject: House movers
Buildings
Horses
Men
  Related to: 
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CallNo: P274-B2a  
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Descriptive Title: House-moving outfit   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 5/16 x 7 3/4   Condition: excellent
Text: [back] House-moving outfit 4 col [stamp] HARRY E. CHRISMAN LANE D, APT. 74 BLUEBONNET COURTS LIBERAL, KANSAS
Misc Info: Photo is of 4 teams of horses attached to a trailor with wood beams on it. There are men sitting on the beams. There are 2 men holding the reins of the front horse teams. There is a long picket fence in the foreground. There are buildings in the background. There are telephone or electric poles and lines in the air. Looks like a ladder in the foreground laying down in front of the picket fence.
Subject: House movers
picket fence
lumber on trailer
horses
Mules
Men
Buildings
Poles
Trees
Bushes
  Related to: 
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CallNo: P276-F2a4  
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Descriptive Title: Hancock family in trailer   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 x 7   Condition: excellent
Text: [front] Charles Ed Hancock, Boy Charles Hancock, Mildred Hancock (Schmidt) daughter, Pauline Hancock (Franklin), Clarence E.(Bud)Hancock, Mrs. Lottie Grace Hancock, Merna Hanock (Morris), and the elderly man who bought the house ; Charles E. Hancock, Sr., Son Charles E., Mildred, Pauline, Clarence E.(Bud), Lottie Grace, Merna. Elderly man bought the house. ; This House insured by Griffith & Baughman ; [sign] OWN YOU[R] ; LET HANCOCK BUILD ; EASY TERMS [SUNNYSIDE ADDITION] PHONE [?]
Misc Info: Photo is of a family sitting in a trailer house. There are flowers and leaves decorating it. There is a sign on the front. There are wheels on the bottom of it. There are houses in the background. There is an elderly man standing on the right. There is a sign to the right of man. Sign is hard to read.
Subject: Charles Ed Hancock, Sr.
.Charles E. Hancock, Jr.
Mildred Hancock
Pauline Hancock
Clarence E. Hancock
Lottie Grace Hancock
Merna Hancock
Trailer
Houses
  Related to:  P495
E31
N194
P523
P543
Other: There are two copies of this photo. The original is P495    

CallNo: P280-F1ab  
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Descriptive Title: Mr. & Mrs. George Dunlap   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1929 or 1930   Provenance:
Size: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2   Condition: good
Text: [front] Ma [word is cute off] [back] Mom and Dad about 1929 or 1930
Misc Info: Photo is of a man and woman. They are standing next to each with a house on the left side of them. There is part of a tree in the right top corner.
Subject: Dunlaps
couple
elderly
man
woman
house
  Related to:  P277- to P290-
Other:    

CallNo: P281-F2b5  
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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-
Other:    

CallNo: P284-F1a  
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Descriptive Title: Flory (Mook) Dunlap   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1935-1940   Provenance:
Size: 2 3/4 x 4 7/16   Condition: good
Text: [back] My Mother - a recent Kodak ---------------- Mrs Flory (Mook) Dunlap 3
Misc Info: Photo is of an elderly woman standing in front of a building. There is a wall to the left side and a window to the right side. There are trees and another buidling on the right side. Her shadow is on the wall.
Subject: Flory Mook Dunlap
woman
house
  Related to:  P277-
P278
P279
P280
P281
P282
P283
P285
P286- to P290-
Other:    

CallNo: P285-F1a  
Descriptive Title: Delrya Dunlap Bell   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1918   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 3/4   Condition: fair
Text: [back] My sister Delyra Dunlap Bell She has 5 daughters, the oldest 22 years old Bernice & Catherine 20 that I'm sending you pictures of. B11
Misc Info: Photo is of a woman sitting in a rocking chair next to a house. She is looking in her lap. There is a window behind her.
Subject: Delyra Dunlap Bell
woman
house
rocking chair
  Related to:  P277-
P278
P279
P280
P281
P282
P283
P284
P286- to P290-
Other: Photo has creases in the corners. Right bottom corner is torn off.    

CallNo: P303-A5e  
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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: P312-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Merchant home   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 1/8 x 7   Condition: excellent
Text: [back of photo] One of the first houses in Liberal. The home of Mrs. Hattie Merchant who is shown before the building.
Misc Info: 2 copies of this photo exist. Copy 2 has no writing on it.
Subject: Merchant
Hattie Merchant
Liberal, Kansas
Building
House
Home
Bushes
Chimney
Rocking chair
Windows
  Related to:  P313
P314
P315
P316
P317
P318
Other: Copy 2 photo is of a woman standing in front of a house. The house has two chimneys, 3 windows showing, and 1 door showing. There is a rocking chair and a regular chair on the porch. There is some kind of table with a cloth over it and flowers on it. Looks like some kind of garden to the left of woman. Garden has some kind of chicken wire fence around it.    

CallNo: P313-A2a2  
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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: P317-A5a  
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Descriptive Title: Merchant Ranch   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1893   Provenance:
Size: 5 1/16 x 7   Condition: excellent
Text: [back of photo] Merchant Ranch 23 Mi[les] So[uth] Liberal 1893
Misc Info: Photo is of a herd of cattle with loose horses. There is a woman in a buggy with a horse attached to it. There is a man on a horse directly behind the buggy. There is another man on a horse standing behind the buggy in the background. There is a building in the far right background. There is a wagon amongst the cattle in the left background. There is a windmill in the middle background. There is a line of brush or trees in the far background. There is a tall solid wooden fence or gate in the left foreground.
Subject: Merchant Ranch
Horses
Cattle
Cows
Calves
Horse drawn buggy
Building
House
Horse and rider
  Related to:  P312
P313
P315
P316
P314
P318
Other: Photo looks like a photo of a picture. There is wood showing in the bottom right corner. Like the photo was placed on it to take a picture of a picture.    

CallNo: P328-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Old ranch house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: September 1955   Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 5 3/16   Condition: excellent
Text: [front] SEP '55 [back] Pic 2 Eight months later, Sept '55 sod walls had crumpled letting roof down onto ruin. Picture No. 8 [Picture No. 8 crossed out] Old Ranch house south [south crossed out] north of Smoky Hill River, west of Monuments (Pyramids) [stamp] KODAK VELOX PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of a crumbling sod house. There is one section left standing and it has a window in it. The rest is touching the ground. Is on the open plains.
Subject: Sod house
Ranch house
Smoky Hill River
Monuments
Pyramids
Scrapbook
Envelope
  Related to:  P329
P330
Other: Plastic sleeve has notation 56-61 P2 Envelope Photo has tear in left top corner.    

CallNo: P329-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Old ranch house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: January 1955   Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 5 3/16   Condition: excellent
Text: [front] JAN 55 [back] Pic 1 In Jan 1955, old walls [old walls underlined twice] of ranch house on high land south of Smoky Hill River on U.S. 83 still stood. [still stood underlined] Old well in left foreground is nearly filled in by Cave-in and debris. Picture No. 7 [Picture No. 7 crossed out] 2 Col time 833 [833 circled] 160 [160 circled]
Misc Info: Photo is of an old sod house. There is a window on the right side. Walls on the left are starting to seperate.
Subject: Sod house
Ranch house
Smoky Hill River
U.S. 83 [highway]
Scrapbook
Envelope
  Related to:  P328
P330
Other: Plastic sleeve has notation 56-61 p2 Envelope    

CallNo: P330-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Old ranch house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: January 1955   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 3/16   Condition: excellent
Text: [front] JAN 55 [back] [stamp] KODAK VELOX PAPER
Misc Info: Platic sleeve has notation 56-61 p2 Envelope
Subject: Sod house
Ranch house
Scrapbook
Envelope
  Related to:  P328
P329
Other:    

CallNo: P331-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Shady Lawn   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 3 3/4   Condition: poor
Text: [back] Old OX Ranch Home [Old OX Ranch Home crossed out] Error - This was "Shady Lawn" - East of OX Ranch 800 [circled] 230 [circled] 2 Col [?] [Time]
Misc Info: Photo is of a building with a doorway showing. There are trees behind and in front of building. There is a flower or plant with balls of fuzzies on it in the foreground.
Subject: House
Shady Lawn
Ox Ranch
Scrapbook
Envelope
  Related to:  P332
Other: Plastic sleeve has notation 56-61 p2. Envelope Top of photo is torn.    

CallNo: P333-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Old ranch house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: August 1961   Provenance:
Size: 3 5/16 x 3 5/16   Condition: excellent
Text: [back] Old Ranch house in decay. Aug. 1961 Smoky Hill River [stamp] KODAK VELOX PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of a building falling apart. There is one rock wall still standing. The rest appears to be wood and in tilting. There is a beam on the top that is holding one wall up. This beam is also attached to the rock wall.
Subject: Ranch house
Ruins
Brush
Open plains
Scrapbook
Envelope
Smoky Hill River
  Related to:  N200
N201
P334
P335
Other: Plastic sleeve has notation 56-61 p2 Envelope Photo has tape on right top back.    

CallNo: P334-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Old ranch house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: August 1961   Provenance:
Size: 3 5/16 x 3 1/4   Condition: very good
Text: [front] Aug 1961 Aug 1961 [on tape] [back] [stamp] KODAK VELOX PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of a decaying building. There is a pile of wood in the brush in front of building. Building has a stone or brick wall that is still standing. On the stone wall is a beam that runs across to a wood wall that is being held up by beam. On the left of house is walls that have fallen.
Subject: Ranch house
ruins
Smoky Hill River
Scrapbook
Envelope
  Related to:  N200
P333
N201
P335
Other: Plastic sleeve has notation 56-61 p 2 R-A Photo has tape on right side front.    

CallNo: P335-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: old ranch house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: May 1962   Provenance:
Size: 2 5/16 x 2 1/4   Condition: good
Text: [back] 1962 May
Misc Info: Photo is of a ruined building. There is a stone or rock wall with a window in it. To the left of that is another standing wood wall. Next to the wood wall is more wood walls that have fallen. There is a pile of wood pieces laying in the brush in the front left corner of photo.
Subject: Building
Ruins
House
Ranch
Scrapbook
Envelope
  Related to:  P334
P333
Other: Plastic sleeve has notation 56-61 p.2RB Photo has tape on right side front.    

CallNo: P336-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Ox ranch (ruins)   Type: Print
Date of Origin: March 1980   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 4 7/16   Condition: very good
Text: [front] PHOTO OF "THE SISTERS HOUSE Ra[?] [Ra crossed out] Taken March 1980 By Elias Candell
Misc Info: Photo is in color of a ruined building in the open plains. Looks like buttes in the background. There are a few trees in back and to right side of building.
Subject: Ruins
Sisters house
Elias Candell
Hills
Open plains
Trees
Building
Scrapbook
Tub
  Related to:  P337
P338
P339
P340
Other: Plastic sleeve has notation 56-61 p 2-A Tub Photo has tape on top front.    

CallNo: P340-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Ox Ranch   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 x 7 3/16   Condition: good
Text: [back] This taken by Bob Hedrick [ob Hed underlined] Old OX Ranch H.Q. Guymon, Okla [mon, O underlined] We went to OX Hq in spring of 1958 + took pix. This view is back of Ranch house, looking south toward river. HEC
Misc Info: Photo is taken looking out a window or doorway. There are stones or rock wall on both sides of window or doorway. There is a wood brace with more rocks above the window or doorway. The photo is of building that is framed by wall picture was taken through. The building is rock or stone with a roof. There is a fence in front of building. On back right side of building is a white thing that appears to run behind and longer than building. White thing has the shape of a propane tank. This has a slender bush or tree in front of it on the right side of building.
Subject: Ox Ranch
Building
Stone
Rock
Headquarters
Guymon, Oklahoma
Ranch house
Scrapbook
  Related to:  P336
P337
P338
P339
Other: Plastic sleeve has notation 56-61 p 2-A Photo has tape on top and bottom front.    

CallNo: P352-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Green Stone House   Type: Print
Date of Origin: March 1980   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 4 7/16   Condition: excellent
Text: [back] The Green Stone House March 1980 Photo by Elias Caudell Lakewood, Colo
Misc Info: Photo is in color. Photo is of a two story stone house. There are windows visible on two sides of house. The front has a door. There is a chimney on the roof. Looks like its on a open plain.
Subject: Stone house
Building
Elias Caudell photo
Lakewood, Colorado
Open plains
Windows
Door
Scrapbook
  Related to: 
Other: Plastic sleeve has notation 56-61 p 24-A Photo has tape on top front.    

CallNo: P35-A5f  
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Descriptive Title: Old Rock House   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 4 15/16 x 7 1/8   Condition: very good
Text: [back] The Old Rock House 29 [on] Hardesty Ranch Okla Panhandle NW 1/4, Sec. 23, in TWP 1, North of Range 19, E. of Cimarron Meridian Return to Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215
Misc Info: house with car in front, windmill to the left and tree to left of windmill.
Subject: Rock house
Hardesty Ranch
Oklahoma Panhandle
  Related to: 
Other:    

CallNo: P389-F1b  
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Descriptive Title: Harry E. Chrisman   Type: Print
Date of Origin: May 1975   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 4 15/16   Condition: excellent
Text: [back] Harry E. Chrisman Wolcott, NY May 1975 Billie and I took each other's pix. [stamp] THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK [stamped several times]
Misc Info: Photo is in color. Photo is of Harry E. Chrisman holding a camera in his left hand and waving with his right hand. He is standing next to the front of an automobile. There is another automobile behind him. There is a tree and house behind him. There are more trees and another building to the rear left of him.
Subject: Harry Chrisman
man
car
house
camera
Wolcott, New York
Scrapbook
Billie Powell
  Related to:  P388
P387
P390
P391
Other: Plastic sleeve has a notation 71 p. 33L C Photo has tape on top and bottom front.    

CallNo: P392-F2b5  
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Descriptive Title: Harry and his sister Esper   Type: Print
Date of Origin: May-June 1986   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/4   Condition: very good
Text: [back] Harry + Esper May - June 1986 [May-June 1986 underlined]
Misc Info: Photo is in color. Photo is of Harry Chrisman and sister. Harry has his hands on woman's shoulders. He is looking down at her adoringly. There is a house behind them. Can see a tree trunk directly behind Harry. There are more trees in the left background. There are bushes along the house and green lawn on all sides of people.
Subject: Harry Chrisman
Esper Chrisman
Sister
Brother
Scrapbook
Building
House
Trees
Lawn
Bushes
  Related to: 
Other: Photo has tape on all corners, left side, and bottom front.    

CallNo: P405-F2a1  
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Descriptive Title: Mr. Rogers and another man in front of a house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1934   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 13/16   Condition: excellent
Text: [back] Made at a negro house when Joe and Daddy went with Dr. Becton on one of his trips. I believe Mr. Rogers owned this place. H. E. C. [stamp] THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK
Misc Info: Photo is of 2 men in overcoats standing in front of a house. There is a broken fence in front of house. Men are on the right of fence. There is a chimney on the right of house. There is a building with trees behind it on the right background. There is a tree on the left of house.
Subject: Mr. Rogers
Joe
Daddy
Dr. Becton
House
  Related to: 
Other:    

CallNo: P418-F2b5  
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Descriptive Title: Babbitts Family   Type: 
Date of Origin: late 1800's   Provenance:
Size: 5   Condition: good
Text: [Front] Mr. Babbitts [on both copies]
Misc Info: Photo is of a family standing on a porch. There is a man, woman holding baby, and 3 various sized boys. There is a window behind the tallest boy. Mother is standing in front of doorway. Looks like a photo of a torn picture.
Subject: Babbitts Family
family
house
children
couple
Man
Woman
  Related to:  N103-
2 copies of this photo.
Other: 2 copies of same photograph from negative N103    

CallNo: P444-A2b11  
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Descriptive Title: Robbers Roost   Type: Print
Date of Origin: unknown   Provenance:
Size: 5   Condition: excellent
Text: [front] Robbers Roost on Vigilante Trail [back] XII [XII is crossed out] ; VIII ; VIII ; p. 198 ; THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK ; Return Photo To [stamp] HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [Return Photo To [stamp] HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 is circled] [note] Job Name Ohio Univ. Job No. 43044 Page 198 Half-Tone [check mark] 65% 16-52
Misc Info: Photo is of a two-story building with a porch/deck on both stories. There are trees in front of building. There is a building behind it with a ladder going up to the roof.
Subject: Robbers Roost
Vigilante trail
house
building
Montana
trees
  Related to:  P443-A2b11
N204
E20
M/F4
Other: "The 1000 Most Asked Questions about the American West"    

CallNo: P451-F2b5  
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Descriptive Title: Kansas Pioneer Farmer and Family   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1800s   Provenance:
Size: 5 1/16 x 7 1/2   Condition: excellent
Text: [back] Photo by Day Doby, Kansas
Misc Info: Photo is of a family. The man is standing holding the lead ropes of two horses. The woman is standing with 3 little girls and a baby in a highchair. They are in front of a sod house.
Subject: family
farmer
horses
house
farm stead
prairie living
Day photo
  Related to:  N174
N175
P450
P456
E18
M/F2
Other: "The 1000 Most Asked Questions about the American West"    

CallNo: P462-A2a11  
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Descriptive Title: Willa Cather's house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: November 1963   Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 5 1/16   Condition: very good
Text: [back] Willa Cather Home Red Cloud, Nebraska ; A KODAK PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of a two-story home. There is a tall tree on the left and trees behind it. There is another building on the left of it.
Subject: Willa Cather
house
Willa Cather House
Trees
Hedge
  Related to:  P461-
P463-
P464-
P465-
P466-
P467-
P468-
P469-
Other:    

CallNo: P463-A2a11  
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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-
Other:    

CallNo: P465-A2a11  
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Descriptive Title: Willa Cather House   Type: Print
Date of Origin: November 1963   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2   Condition: very good
Text: [front] NOV 63 [back of photo] Willa Cather House Red Cloud, Nebraska 1963 ; A KODAK PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of a two-story home. There are porches on each story. There is a tree in the front and all around it. There is a road in the front.
Subject: Willa Cather
House
Red Cloud, Nebraska
  Related to:  P461-
P462-
P463-
P464-
P466-
P467-
P468-
P469-
Other:    

CallNo: P466-A2a11  
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Descriptive Title: Home of Jennie Reiher   Type: Print
Date of Origin: November 1963   Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 3 1/2   Condition: very good
Text: [front] NOV 63 [back] Home of Jennie Reiher where My Antonia worked Red Cloud Nebraska ; A KODAK PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of a two-story house. There is a covered porch on bottom floor. There are trees around the house. There are three people in front of the house. They are very blurry.
Subject: Jennie Reiher
house
Red Cloud, Nebraska
My Antonia
  Related to:  P461-
P462-
P463-
P464-
P465-
P467-
P465-
P469-
Other:    

CallNo: P468-A2a11  
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Descriptive Title: Willa Cather House   Type: Print
Date of Origin: November 1963   Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 3 1/2   Condition: good
Text: [front] NOV 63 [back] Willa Calher [cather] House Red Cloud, Nebraska ; A KODAK PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of a house. There are many windows. There are trees around it. Can see a sidewalk of some sort going up from street.
Subject: Willa Cather
house
Red Cloud, Nebraska
  Related to:  P461-
P462-
P463-
P464-
P466-
P467-
P465-
P469-
Other:    

CallNo: P470-A2a11  
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Descriptive Title: Kruger Home   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1967   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2   Condition: very good
Text: [back] 2-Story Log House 7 mi. from Callaway, Nebr. Original home of Anton Abel Built About 1874 Kruger Home in 1967 A KODAK PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is in color. Photo is of a two-story log home. It has a wood rail fence in the front. There are trees around it and snow on the ground.
Subject: log house
Anton Abel
Callaway, Nebraska
Kruger
Home
Fence
Trees
Snow
  Related to: 
Other:    

CallNo: P474-F2b5  
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Descriptive Title: Hancock Family   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1800s   Provenance:
Size: 3 5/8 x 6 3/4   Condition: poor
Text: [back] CRH ; Pauline ; Lottie Grace ; C.E. ; Bud ; Button + Gilpin [horses] ; Early days in Liberal, Kansas CE Hancock and My Beautiful Darling wife and two Children nearly 60 years ago make megative + 16x20 Picture and now I am 88 years old and alone at home 10419 Mills Ave Whittier Calif ; Don't Mark Photo! [note] Life was austere in Liberal, Kansas [1911 is crossed out] after the Hancock's moved from their farm to town. Pauline and baby Bud are shown with the parents. Button and Gilpin munch [hay is crossed out] fodder from the wagon. Water was hauled in a barrel on sled, shown in foreground of photo. But soon Charles began to make money in the construction busi-ness and fortune smiled on the little family. Photo Courtesy Clarence R. (Bud) Hancock. [Photo Courtesy Clarence R. (Bud) Hancock. is underlined]
Misc Info: Photo is of a family standing on their doorstep. The door to the house is open. There is a broom leaning against house. There is a metal tub tipped over. There is a barrel in the front yard. There are two horses eating hay from a wagon. There is another wagon in front of the horses with a barrel in it. There are buildings in the background.
Subject: Hancock family
family
homestead
horse
barrel
house
prairie
Wagon
Fodder
Liberal, Kansas
  Related to: 
Other: Photo is on thick cardboard. There are stains on front and back. There is a tape tear mark on back top.    

CallNo: P477-F2b5  
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Descriptive Title: Little House on Wheels   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1915   Provenance:
Size: 2 5/16 x 3 7/8   Condition: fair
Text: [front] [Photo has a red line and red x on left side] [back] CRH ; C.E. Hancock ; Return To HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 ; Enlarge to 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" ; 56 + Loma Vista [typed note] Above photo shows the manner in which the Little House on Wheels was towed behind the Apperson 8 "Jackrabbit," a car with great power for the time (1915-16). The Hancock family are [are is crossed out] is seated in the car. The Little house sat on the chassis of an older Chevrolet. ; Enlarge photo ro 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" ; B-3 [B-3 is circled] ; Copy [?] [Copy [?] is underlined, [?] is crossed out] [yellow note] Signature 3 page 2 - ; 2 Photos - (See Signature pages) ; B-3 [B-3 is circled] ; 1. [1. is circled] Little House pulled by Car ; C-3 [C-3 is circled] ; 2 [2 is circled] Group (Hancock's) leaving for Calif. ; (Captions on [?] back of pix.) [[?] is crossed out] ; x [job form 29] Job # 302760H Ref # 29 .14/1.03 Page # 144-R A HT [HT is circled] Shoot at 132 % B [job form 30] Job # 302760H Ref # 30 .21/1.37 Page # 144-R Shoot at 176 155 [176 and 155 are crossed out] 162 %
Misc Info: Photo is of the Hancock family in an automobile pulling the little house trailer behind them.
Subject: Little House of Wheels
Automobile
family
Hancock
Apperson 8 Jackrabbit
  Related to:  P478-
Other: Photo has tape marks on front top and bottom, back top. Photo is torn in both top corners. Photo is stained on front and back. All notes have tape on them.    

CallNo: P480-A2a11  
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Descriptive Title: House   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 8 1/8 x 10   Condition: excellent
Text: [back] HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215
Misc Info: Photo is of a two-story house. It has a covered porch. There is 2 chimneys on roof. There are bushes in front of house and trees around it. There is a tree in front of stairs to front door.
Subject: house
Two-story house
Trees
Porch
Buildings
  Related to: 
Other: Photo has tape on top back. Photo has stains on left side.    

CallNo: P482-B13  
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Descriptive Title: Travel Trailer   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 3 5/16 x 4 7/8   Condition: good
Text: [back] One of his folding trailers about 35'. CRH C203
Misc Info: Photo is of an automobile with a trailer in the back. There is a house behind it. There are trees and bushes. There is a smaller trailer behind the big trailer.
Subject: automobile and trailer
house
car
travel trailer
trees
Hancock trailer
  Related to:  P483-B13
Other: One of Hancock's trailers.    

CallNo: P483-B13  
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Descriptive Title: Travel Trailer   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 3 3/8 x 4 15/16   Condition: good
Text: [back] CRH ; This is trailer Mr + Mrs Hancock took on Canadian trip ; 00[?]0 ; Return to HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [note] A 14-foot [insert symbol] with Concertina Sides Mobile Home built in the 1930's and used for a Canadian trip by Charles E. and Lottie Grace Hancock. Photo courtesy of the Hancock family. [Photo courtesy of the Hancock family is underlined]
Misc Info: Photo is of a travel trailer with side pulled out. There is the back of an automobile in front of trailer. There are trees on the left and behind it.
Subject: Travel trailer
house
automobile
Canada
trees
Hancock
Charles E. Hancock
Lottie Grace Hancock
Concertina mobile home
  Related to:  P482-B13
Other: Photo has paperclip mark on left top front. Photo has a staple mark on left side. Photo has tape and tape tear mark on top back. Photo is yellowed on back.    

CallNo: P484-B1a4  
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Descriptive Title: House with automobile and trailer in driveway   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1915-1935   Provenance:
Size: 4   Condition: excellent
Text: [no text on photo]
Misc Info: Photo is of an automobile and trailer parked in a driveway in front of a house. House has Spanish tile on roof. There is a tree and bushes against house.
Subject: Automobile
house
trailer
Hancock trailer?
  Related to:  P485-
Other: same photo as P485-    

CallNo: P485-B1a4  
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Descriptive Title: House with automobile and trailer in driveway   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1915-1935   Provenance:
Size: 4   Condition: excellent
Text: [no text on photo]
Misc Info: Photo is of an automobile with a trailer parked in a driveway. The house has Spanish tile on roof. There is a tree and bushes against the house.
Subject: automobile
house
trailer
Hancock trailer?
  Related to:  P484-
Other: Copy of P484    

CallNo: P48-F2a4  
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Descriptive Title: Group in front of Depot   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1889-1890   Provenance:private collection - Maurine Tate
Size: 4 x 6 1/4   Condition: good
Text: [front] Taken in front of the Old Depot between 1889 or 1890 [Yellow note] copy M-1 (circled) Liberal, Kansas group on porch of first Rock Island R.R. Depot, Liberal, KS, 1889. Left to right: (insert symbol) Standing: J.U. Shade, Agriculture Agent for railroad; Myra McDermott; Will Lipscomb, R.I. Agent; Sitting, Olive Lipscomb; small girl, Mamie Roark; Mrs. Billy Newhouse (nee Florence Fouts); Mrs. Webb, hotel guest in speckled dress; Dave Jones, clerk; Mamie Hood; Belle Holloway (aunt of Mrs. T.J. Smith); Mrs. Bernard (Aunt Betty) Lemert, nee Smith; Tom McDermott, sitting; Lee Latty, R.I. Mail Clerk. Photo Courtesy Maurine Tate. (sentence underlined) [back] L. to R. J.U. Shade, Myra McDermott, Will Lipscomb (Rock Island Agent) standing, Olive Lipscomb (sitting), Mamie Roark (little girl), Mrs. Billy Newhouse (nee Florence Fouts), Mrs. Webb (guest at hotel) sitting in speckled dress, Dave Jones (clerk), Mamie Hood, Belle Holloway (aunt of Mrs. T.J. Smith), "Aunt Betty" Lemert (nee Smith) sitting, Tom McDermott (sitting), Lee Latty, Rock Island Railway mail clerk. (following text enclosed in box) Picture taken cira 1889-90 on porch of Old Rock Island Depot Hotel, Liberal, Kansas (formerly OMER Hotel) Harry E. Chrisman Lane D, Apt. 74 Bluebonnet Courts Liberal, Kansas (wavy line seperating text) Return Photo to: Harry E. Chrisman, 10245 W. 14th St., Denver, 80215
Misc Info: 5 men, 7 women and 2 children on porch of Rock Island Depot.
Subject: Rock Island Railroad Depot
Liberal, Kansas
J.U. Shade
Myra McDermott
Tom McDermott
Will Lipscomb
Olive Lipscomb Mrs. T.J. Smith
Mamie Roark Belle Holloway Mrs. Bernard Lemert
Lee Latty Dave Jones Maurine Tate Mamie Hood
Mrs. Billy Newhouse nee Florence Fouts Mrs. Webb
  Related to: 
Other: Photo has a tape tear mark on left back.    

CallNo: P493-A2a11  
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Descriptive Title: Spanish House   Type: 
Date of Origin: 1920-1930   Provenance:
Size: 2.5   Condition: good
Text: [back] CRH ; In the 20's ; C E. built many of this type in California. The family lived in one of them. ; 7 [note] Charles E. Hancock constructed scores of this Spanish type home in California from 1922 to 1930, and the Hancock family lived in such a home. Photo courtesy of Clarence R. (Bud) Hancock, Aztec, New Mexico. [Photo courtesy of Clarence R. (Bud) Hancock, Aztec, New Mexico. is underlined]
Misc Info: Photo is of a Spanish style house. There are Spanish tiles on roof. There is an electrical or phone pole on right side.
Subject: house
Spanish tile
Roof tile
Hancock
  Related to: 
Other: Photo is torn and taped back together on the left side. Photo has tape on back right side. Photo has tape tear mark on top back.    

CallNo: P495-F2a4  
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Descriptive Title: Charles Hancock and Family in a trailer house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1917   Provenance:
Size: 7 3/8 x 10   Condition: poor
Text: [front of photo] Charles Ed Hancock, Boy Charles Hancock, Mildred Hancock (Schmidt) daughter, Pauline Hancock (Franklin), Clarence E.(Bud)Hancock, Mrs. Lottie Grace Hancock, Merna Hanock (Morris), and the elderly man who bought the house ; [there is a line and x's across the top front of photo] [in photo] This House insured by Griffith & Baughman ; [sign] OWN YOU[R] ; LET HANCOCK BUILD ; EASY TERMS [SUNNYSIDE ADDITION] PHONE [?] [front of cardboard the photo is mounted on] Reduce to 9 x 5 1/2" ; This is how this "trailer house" was pulled ; [has an arrow pointing down] ; Charles E. Hancock, Sr., Son Charles E., Mildred, Pauline, Clarence E.(Bud), Lottie Grace, Merna. Elderly man bought the house. [back of cardboard mount] Charles Edward Hancock and family March-October 1917 ; Sign on front door reads : "This House Insured By Griffith + Baughman ; Sign on top of house reads: "Hancock The Home Builder" ; Negative [with arrow pointing down to left] ; Return Photo to HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 ; 1988 1914 ---- 74
Misc Info: Photo is of a family sitting in a trailer house. There are flowers and leaves decorating it. There is a sign on the front. There are wheels on the bottom of it. There are houses in the background. There is an elderly man standing on the right. There is a sign to the right of man. Sign is hard to read.
Subject: Charles E. Hancock , Sr.
family
trailer house
house
Mildred Hancock
Pauline Hancock
Clarence E. Hancock
Lottie Grace Hancock
Merna Hancock
Charles E. Hancock, Jr.
  Related to:  P276 (2 copies)
P523-F2a4
N194-F2a4.
E31
P543
Other: Had envelope E31 and negative N194 taped to back. Envelope says Negs of Hancock + prints. There were two 5x7 prints of original photo in envelope.    

CallNo: P496-F1b  
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Descriptive Title: C. E. Hancock in front of house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1934   Provenance:
Size: 7 13/16 x 10   Condition: poor
Text: [front] D [D is circled] [back] Photo D
Misc Info: Photo is of a man standing beside an automobile with a trailer behind it. The auto and trailer is parked in a driveway of a Spanish style house with Spanish roof tiles. There are bushes and a tree around house. Auto has 1934 California plates 4G 23
Subject: C. E. Hancock
car
trailer
house
  Related to:  P497-
P484-
P485-
P486-
P487-
P488-
P489-
P493-
Other: Photo is torn and taped. There are creases in front and right bottom corner is torn. Edges are worn. Back of photo has tape and stains. There is a paper clip mark on front and back top.    

CallNo: P497-A2a11  
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Descriptive Title: C. E. Hancock's house with a car and trailer   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1934   Provenance:
Size: 7 13/16 x 10   Condition: poor
Text: [back] CRH ; One of the 1933-34 [insert mark] Little Trailer at C.E. Hancock Home in ; 1934 License Plate [1934 License Plate is circled] ; 2 prints 4x5 ; This is the lovely big old California style house dad built in Bell Gardens. The book has the approx date.
Misc Info: Photo is of an automobile and trailer parked in a driveway of a Spanish style house. House has Spanish tiles on roof. There is a tree and bushes around house.
Subject: Hancock house
automobile
trailer
house
Bell Gardens, California
  Related to:  P496-
P484-
P485-
P486-
P487-
P488-
P489-
P493-
Other: Photo is torn, wrinkled and stained in front. Photo has tape and a tape tear mark on back. Back is stained and torn.    

CallNo: P504-B1a4  
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Descriptive Title: 12 foot expandable trailer   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1930s   Provenance:
Size: 8 1/16 x 10   Condition: good
Text: [front] [Photo has a red square around trailer and auto. There are red x's on each side of square.] [back] PHOTO G ; Crop as indicated in red ; Reduce to 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" [Crop as indicated in red ; Reduce to 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" is underlined] ; Return Photo to HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [note] Copy H-3 [H-3 is underlined] ; This 12-foot experimental model trailer with accordion expand- able sides was built by C. E. Hancock in California in the 1930's. His home, in the back- ground, gives an idea of the type of home he was construct- ing at that time, the late 1920's and early 1930's. [job form] .26/1.56 ; Job #302760H ; Ref #36 ; Page #144-V ; A ; HT [HT is circled] ; Shoot at 75 [75 is crossed out] 71% ; *Shoot complete photo Twice
Misc Info: Photo is of an automobile and trailer parked on the side of a house. The house has a Spanish tile roof. There are trees around house and bushes. The trailer has its side expanded.
Subject: Hancock trailer
Charles Hancock
House
Trees
Spanish tile roof
  Related to: 
Other: Photo is wrinkled and torn. Back of photo has tape. Back of photo is stained.    

CallNo: P516-B1a3  
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Descriptive Title: Hancock Trailer   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 3 3/8 x 4 15/16   Condition: good
Text: [back] 00[?]0
Misc Info: Photo is of a trailer attached to an automobile. The trailer behind the automobile has a smaller trailer behind it. There is a sidewalk directly in front of auto. There are trees and bushes in photo. There are more houses going down the street.
Subject: Trailer
Hancock
Automobile
House
Trees
Poles
Wires
Sidewalk
  Related to: 
Other: Photo is wrinkled. Bottom right corner is creased. Back of photo is brown like an age stain.    

CallNo: P522-A2a7  
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Descriptive Title: Hancock house in1940s   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1940s   Provenance:
Size: 2 3/4 x 4 9/16   Condition: excellent
Text: [back] CRH ; Ed + Lottie Hancock home in Whittier built approx. - early 40's ; VELOX ; E12
Misc Info: Photo is of a house. There is a porch in front. There is a truck or auto on the right side. The yard is overgrown.
Subject: Hancock House
Whittier, California
House
Automobile
Truck
Porch
  Related to: 
Other:    

CallNo: P523-F2a4  
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Descriptive Title: Charles Ed Hancock Family and trailer house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1921   Provenance:
Size: 5   Condition: good
Text: [front] Charles Ed Hancock, Boy Charles Hancock, Mildred Hancock (Schmidt) daughter, Pauline Hancock (Franklin), Clarence E.(Bud)Hancock, Mrs. Lottie Grace Hancock, Merna Hanock (Morris), and the elderly man who bought the house ; [there are x's across the bottom front of photo] [in photo] This House insured by Griffith & Baughman ; [sign] OWN YOU[R] ; LET HANCOCK BUILD ; EASY TERMS [SUNNYSIDE ADDITION] PHONE [?] [back] Signature 3 Page 1 ; Make 7 x 3 1/4" ; Photo Only -- Not names at bottom [hoto Only is underlined] ; [photo has lines on back] [note] Copy A-3 [A-3 is circled] ; Shown above is the little "home on wheels C. E. Hancock built in 1916 to advertise his home construction business in Liberal, Kansas. The house was drawn about town behind his Apperson 8 "Jackrabbit" automobile. Shown in the photo is the Hancock family: left to right: C.E. Hancock with baby. Mildred, Pauline and Clarence (Bud); Lottie Grace in window; Merna in window. At right the elderly man who eventually bought the "little home on wheels" for his own residence. [job form] Job #302760H Ref # 28 .24/1.35 Page #144-Q HT [HT is circled] Shoot at 114%
Misc Info: Photo is of a trailer with people in it. There is foilage decorating the porch and windows of trailer. There is an elderly man standing on the right. There are houses behind the trailer. There is one man, three women, two boys, and one girl.
Subject: Hancock Family
Charles Hancock
House
Trailer House
1920s
house on wheels
  Related to:  P495-F2b3
P543
N194
P276
Other: Photo has tape residue on back left side. Note has tape on top front. Job form has tape on top front. Job form has crease on top.    

CallNo: P526-B1a3  
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Descriptive Title: Hancock Trailer and house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1934   Provenance:
Size: 4   Condition: excellent
Text: [back] J-3 [J-3 is underlined] ; Make 4 1/4 x 3 1/2" ; HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [note] Copy J-3 One of the 1933-34 models of The Little Trailers, at the C. E. Hancock home in Bel Gardens, in California. Photo courtesy C.E. Hancock [C.E. Hancock is x'd out] C. R. Hancock. [Photo courtesy C.E. Hancock [C.E. Hancock is x'd out] C. R. Hancock. is underlined] [job form] Job #302760H Ref # 37 .14/1.16 Page # 144-U B HT [HT is circled] Shoot at 101%
Misc Info: Photo is of an automobile with a trailer on back. It is parked in the driveway of a house with Spanish roof tile on it. There are bushes and a tree on the side of the house.
Subject: Hancock
House
Automobile
Trailer
Spanish tile roof
Trees
Bushes
Bel Gardens, California
  Related to: 
Other: Photo has tape marks on back. Note and job form have tape on the front.    

CallNo: P535-F2a1  
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Descriptive Title: Harry Chrisman and Lynn Butcher   Type: Print
Date of Origin: September 1967   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2   Condition: excellent
Text: [front] SEP 67 [back] Harry E. Chrisman (left) and Lynn Butcher Scottsbluff, Neb. August 1967. Mr. Butcher holds his fathers Butcher's History of Custer County Nebraska [Butcher's History of Custer County Nebraska is underlined] - Revised edition. Dog is "Tuck" ; A KODAK PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of two elderly men. They have their arms across their shoulders and back. One man is holding a book. They both have hats on. They are standing in front of steps that lead up to a house. There is a black dog with white markings standing in front of the men. The dog has a leash on.
Subject: Harry Chrisman
Lynn Butcher
dog
house
Tuck
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
  Related to:  P536-
P537-
P538-
P539-
Other: Photo has tape on top and bottom front.    

CallNo: P543-F2a4  
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Descriptive Title: Charles Ed Hancock Family and trailer house   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1921   Provenance:
Size: 5   Condition: excellent
Text: [front] Save Photo + Return ; Charles Ed Hancock, Boy Charles Hancock, Mildred Hancock (Schmidt) daughter, Pauline Hancock (Franklin), Clarence E.(Bud)Hancock, Mrs. Lottie Grace Hancock, Merna Hanock (Morris), and the elderly man who bought the house ; Charles E. Hancock, Sr., Son Charles E., Mildred, Pauline, Clarence E.(Bud), Lottie Grace, Merna. Elderly man bought the house. ; [there is a line and x's across the bottom front of photo] [in photo] This House insured by Griffith & Baughman ; [sign] OWN YOU[R] ; LET HANCOCK BUILD ; EASY TERMS [SUNNYSIDE ADDITION] PHONE [?] [back] 67 ; Reduce to 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 ; Return Photo to - HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 ; [there are two boxes and one diagonal line drawn on back]
Misc Info: Photo is of a family sitting in a trailer house. There are flowers and leaves decorating it. There is a sign on the front. There are wheels on the bottom of it. There are houses in the background. There is an elderly man standing on the right. There is a sign to the right of man. Sign is hard to read.
Subject: Hancock family
Charles Hancock
House
1920s
house on wheels
  Related to:  P495-F2b3
P523-F2b3
N194
P276
Other: This is a reduced copy of P495- Has a negative.    

CallNo: P551-F2b5  
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Descriptive Title: Butcher Family   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 8 x 10   Condition: very good
Text: [back] LB50425 Return to HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 ; THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK [note] S.D. Butcher Family The family of Solomon Devore Butcher, famous "Sod House Photographer" of Custer County, Nebraska. [line seperating text] Left to right: S.D. Butcher; Lynn Butcher, son; Mrs. Lynn (Elma) Butcher; (top) + Will Rosso, husband of Madge H. Butcher (just below him) and sitting beside S.D. Butcher is his wife Lillie M. Butcher ---Photo Courtesy Lynn Butcher [line seperating text] This photo was taken before either S.D. Butcher or his son took 2nd wives. This is the original [original is underlined]family.
Misc Info: Family photo of Butcher family 3 men and 3 women.
Subject: Solomon Devore (S.D.) Butcher
Sod House photographer
Custer, Co. Nebraska
Lynn Butcher
Elma Butcher
Will Rosso
Madge H. Butcher
Lillie M. Butcher
  Related to:  P75
P299
P550
Other: Photo has tape on back top. Photo has a white sticker with LB50425 written on it. Note has tape on top front.    

CallNo: P58-A1a  
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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
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CallNo: P68-A5a  
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Descriptive Title: Fred Taintor Ranch   Type: Print
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 5 1/8 x 7 5/8   Condition: very good
Text: [front] Fred Taintor Ranch No Man's Land.
Misc Info: House with bare trees and fences. Has 2 chimneys.
Subject: Fred Taintor
ranch
No Man's Land
house
trees
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CallNo: P72-C2c  
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Descriptive Title: train wreck   Type: Print
Date of Origin: July 1919   Provenance:
Size: 5 x 6 7/8   Condition: good
Text: [front] [62 is on a Pole] [back] 15 [15 is circled] ; [there is another circle with scribbles in it] ; Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [note] 15 [15 is circled] 24 [24 is circled] In July of 1919, Engine No. 921, Bob Ford and Rex Mathews in the cab, Left the track on the north side as the train they were pulling [following written first and then scribbled out]went over on the south side, killing both men. --- Photos courtesy O.B. Wimmer. 62%
Misc Info: Train on it's side off of track. Track missing in one section. Another train on track behind wreck. 7 men looking at missing tracks. Fence on side. House in background.
Subject: Train wreck
train track
men
train
fence
house
Engine No. 921
Bob Ford
Rex Mathews
O.B. Wimmer photo
  Related to:  P73-C2c
Other: Photo is stained on back. Corners were bent.    

CallNo: P76-A2b8  
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Descriptive Title: House at Old Ox Ranch, Guymon, Okla.   Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1959   Provenance:private collection - Chrisman Collection
Size: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2   Condition: fair
Text: [back] This is a Kodacolor Print made by Kodak. Week of Oct. 11-58 RF ; Return photo to Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 - Please! [front of note] The Sisters' House at Ox Ranch Guymon, Okla. Photo by Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 1959 [back of note] The Sisters' House Here is the house where Edna and Emanuela stayed when they would visit at the old OX Ranch house in the summertime when the place was operated by Jimmy McQuillan. This picture was taken recently, 1959, the old walls are starting to crumble, the shingles are all about gone from the roof. A lone buffalo skull lies in the foreground, adding to its ancient granduer. Yellow Rabbit Bush and yucca stalks dot the foreground. 1991-house totally gone [1991-house totally gone is enclosed in a box] Taken 1959
Misc Info: color photo; Ox Ranch house, crumbling walls and roof, buffalo skull in front; sits on plains near Guymon, Okla.
Subject: Sisters' house
Ox Ranch
Guymon, Oklahoma
Edna and Emanuela
Jimmy McQuillan
yellow Rabbit Bush
yucca stalks
buffalo skull
fence
Kodak Kodacolor print
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Other: Photo has tape on right side, top, and bottom front. Photo has rip covered with tape on top front. Photo has tape mark on top back.    

CallNo: P80-A1a  
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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
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CallNo: PC25-A5f2  
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Descriptive Title: Ranch house 6 miles south of Gering, Nebraska   Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: July 1909   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2   Condition: good
Text: [front] Ranch 6 mi south Gering, Neb. [back] Post Card; Correspondence Here. Name and Address Here; Our old home 6 mi so. Gering, Nebr. All well and hope you are the same. c/o Dock Messenger; Mr. A.M. Pattison; St. John Kansas; [stamp] series 1902 United States of America; 1706 Franklin Postage One Cent 1706 [cancellation stamp] GERING July 7 8 am 1909 NEB (circled) The Old Ranch (written sideways)
Misc Info: Old wooden house, 2 chimneys, sits on the plains
Subject: ranch house
trees
Gering, Nebraska
Dock Messenger
Mr. A.M. Pattison
St. John, Kansas
1-cent stamp
cancellation stamp
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CallNo: PC39-C2a  
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Descriptive Title: Rock Island Depot burning   Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: 1910   Provenance:private collection - Paul Custer
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2   Condition: good
Text: [front] Rock Island Depot burning Liberal, Kans. [back] Post Card; Place Stamp Here; Correspondence; Address; Published by Hal G. Reid, Jeweler, Liberal, Kan. Reduce to 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" Paul Custer collection [back note] Copy G-3; When the Rock Island depot, with the fine Greer House dining and lunch facilities, burned in 1910, Liberal lost its largest building. The depot was rebuilt later in masonry, but it was years before as satisfactory dining room facilities were established. Photo courtesy the late Hal Reid Jewelers, Paul Custer collection. (sentence underlined) Don't mark photo!
Misc Info: Rock Island Depot buildings burning; night scene
Subject: Rock Island depot
fire
Hal G. Reid
Liberal, Kansas
Paul Custer
Greer House
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CallNo: PC49-F2a3  
Descriptive Title: Bernice, Shan, and Maynard Dunlap   Type: Postcard
Date of Origin:    Provenance:
Size: 3 7/16 x 5 7/16   Condition: good
Text: [back] Maynard- Shan Bernice & "Purpy" ; POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE HERE NAME AND ADDRESS HERE PLACE STAMP HERE
Misc Info: Post card is of 2 boys standing and 1 girl sitting on a dog that is standing. They are on a porch with a door behind them.
Subject: Dunlap children
boys
girls
children
dog
house
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CallNo: PC4-A2b3  
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Descriptive Title: Sod house   Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: September 1961 - made in 1904   Provenance:private collection - Beaver City Museum, Beaver OK
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2   Condition: very good
Text: [front] Government Claim - 3 generations [back] Sod House - one room made by Pattee 1904. A room was added by W.K. Man 1906. His son, F.M. Man and grandson Donald Man were born here. 9-61 Copyright 1961 Beaver City Museum Postcard Etch Tone
Misc Info: No correspondence; sod house in middle of field; it's long and narrow (looks like a trailer house)
Subject: sod house
Pattee
W.K. Man
F.M. Man
Donald Man
Beaver City, Oklahoma
government claim
Beaver City Museum
Etch Tone
grass
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CallNo: PC51-A2b11  
Descriptive Title: Robbers Roost   Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: unknown   Provenance:
Size: 3 7/16 x 5 9/16"   Condition: excellent
Text: [front] Robbers Roost on Vigilante Trail ; 10 [back] PHOTO POST CARD Kodak Paper PLACE STAMP HERE ADDRESS [stamp] HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215
Misc Info: Photo is of a 2 story building with a porch/deck on both floors. There are trees in front of it. There is a building behind and on the right of it.
Subject: Robbers Roost
Vigilante trail
house
building
Montana
Trees
Postcard
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N204
E20
M/F4
Other: "The 1000 Most Asked Questions about the American West"    

CallNo: PC53-A2a11  
Descriptive Title: Willa Cather's house   Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: unknown   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 7/16"   Condition: good
Text: [front] Red Cloud Hospital Photo by Walters Studio [back] Home of the late Willa Cather. Red Cloud, NE ; POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE ; ADDRESS ; PLACE STAMP HERE
Misc Info: Photo is of a two-story home. The home has a porch on both stories. There are trees all around it. There are automobiles on the right back.
Subject: Willa Cather
house
Red Cloud Hospital
Red Cloud, Nebraska
Walters Studio photo
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P464-
P465-
P466-
P467-
P468-
P469-
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CallNo: PC6-A5c  
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Descriptive Title: The Old State House in Dover, Delaware   Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: 1963   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2   Condition: very good
Text: [back] Dover, Del. - The Old State House borders the historic Dover Green. It is the second oldest in America still in use. Here Delaware ratified the Federal Constitution in 1787, whereby this state was first to enter the Union. Dover has been the State Capitol since 1777. Ektachrome by Ed Kennedy No. DD75; Pub. & copyrighted 1963 by Ken-Del Productions, Inc. 515 Shipley St., Wilmington, Del. Post Card. Place Stamp Here. 93043
Misc Info: No correspondence; state house in Dover, Del. Old car sits in front; lots of trees.
Subject: Old State House
Dover, Delaware
Federal Constitution
Ed Kennedy
large tree old car
Dover Green
street state capital
Ektachrome
Ken-Del Productions
515 Shipley Street Wilmington, Delaware
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CallNo: PC7-A5f2  
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Descriptive Title: The Old Plank House at Duck Creek, Smyrna, Delaware   Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: 1963   Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2   Condition: very good
Text: [back] Duck Creek, Smyrna, Delaware - The Old Plank House ... disguised for years by modern siding, was recognized as an important example of early Delaware architecture by Leon de Valinger, the state archivist. The house, originally located of N. Main St., Smyrna, was turned over to the historical society. Chauncey Simpson, of Dover, catalogued the pieces, which were then moved to the present site, near the Linden's, and re-erected by the Public Archives Commission. No. 201; Original Ektachrome by Ed Kennedy. Pub. by Ken-Del Productions, Inc., 515 Shipley St., Wilmington, Del. (copyright symbol) 1963. Post Card; Place Stamp Here. 72508-B
Misc Info: Color postcard; no correspondence; old A-frame house sits amongst trees; house has door, two windows and step.
Subject: The Old Plank House
Duck Creek
Smyrna, Delaware
Leon de Valinger
Chauncey Simpson
Ed Kennedy
trees grass historical society
Ken-Del Productions
Wilmington, Delaware Linden
Public Archives Commission Ektachrome Ed Kennedy
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