Chrisman Collection

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.

P58-A1a

Call No: P58-A1a

Description: Tumbleweeds

Date of origin: spring 1957

Type: Print

Size: 4 1/16 x 5

Condition: Good

Content:

[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%

Provenance: private collection – Chrisman Collection

Miscellaneous Info.:

Arrows on picture point to tumbleweeds in telephone wires. Tumbleweeds are stacked at back of Blue Bonnet Courts houses.

Other Info.:

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Subject: barrel lid, barrels, Blue Bonnet Courts, dirt street or alley, house, Kansas, Liberal Kansas, telephone poles, tumbleweeds, wooden posts,