Call No: PC37-C1c
Description: Blizzard of February 1912
Date of origin: February 1912
Type: Postcard
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2
Condition: Good
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[front] Snow plow stuck near Liberal 2-28-12 [back] Post Card; Place Stamp Here; Correspondence Here; Name and Address Here; Return Photo to Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [back note 1] Taken in the cut west of Liberal not too far from the point of entry. [back note 2] The February storm of 1912 buried the entire southwest in snow that was three feet deep on the level and filled all the railroad cuts to the top. Trains failed to run for several days and there was great loss of livestock. Photo courtesy O.B. Wimmer, Liberal. (sentence underlined) Don’t mark photo!
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Subject: highline poles, Liberal Kansas, O.B. Wimmer, people, snow bank, snow plow,