Liberal Prize Winners, Liberal Missouri, July 4 1904

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Liberal Prize Winners 1909

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Liberal Prize Winners 1909 (adjusted)

I tried adjusting the color a little and making it a little bigger. This photo was originally up at the late Barbara Irwin’s web page on Liberal, given as from Connie King’s Collection.

Looks like a July 4th celebration with 3 winning buggies. I wonder who they were and what building it is we’re seeing in the background?

Catalpa Park, Liberal, Missouri

From Connie King’s Collection

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Catalpa Park

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Catalpa Park, adjusted

I tried adjusting the color a little and enlarging. This photo was originally up at the late Barbara Irwin’s web page on Liberal, given as from Connie King’s Collection.

Catalpa Park has long since ceased to exist. The big spiritualist events that drew people from around the nation were held here.