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: N25-E1a6
Descriptive Title: Leonard Stroud trick riding			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 3/4 x 3 9/16"			Condition: very good
Text: Leonard Stroud trick riding (D.F.P.Co.) 90691
Misc Info: cowboy does trick riding - he's got his legs in the air behind horse's head; his head is in the saddle; horse is running.
Subject:	Leonard Stroud trick riding D.F.P.Co. running horse fence wooden posts cowboy rodeo rodeo arena track		Related to:
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CallNo: N28-E1a4
Descriptive Title: Leonard Stroud trick riding at Alliance, Nebraska			Type: Negative
Date of Origin:			Provenance:
Size: 2 3/4 x 3 11/16"			Condition: very good
Text: eonard Stroud going under neck of running horse Alliance, Nebr.) (D.F.P.Co.) 90700
Misc Info: Cowboy performs trick riding and goes under neck of horse; looks like he's reaching for the saddle.
Subject:	Leonard Stroud running horse trick riding Alliance, Nebraska D.F.P.Co. cowboy rodeo rodeo arena track ladder fence wooden posts		Related to:
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CallNo: N45-E1a6
Descriptive Title: Mable Strickland on "Chickasha"			Type: Negative
Date of Origin: 1923			Provenance:
Size: 2 3/4 x 3 5/8"			Condition: very good
Text: 90681; Mable Strickland on "Chickasha" (Copyright 1923, R.R. Doubleday)
Misc Info: woman rides saddlebronc at rodeo; horse's back legs in the air; horse and rider in front of gates; grandstands full of people
Subject:	Mable Strickland Chickasha R.R. Doubleday rodeo rodeo arena female cowboy saddlebronc wooden gates wooden posts grandstands spectators		Related to:
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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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