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Group eating around a picnic table at the Chautauqua.

Hobgoblin Club: Top Row-Grace Higgins, Clara Kaiser, Ethel Goodin McCune, Harriet Forbes, Miss Hattie Kittredge, Mabel Williams Lower Row-Kate Benson, Fannie Benson Page, Edna Williams, Marian Higgins.

Rev. Chaffee's Luncheon group, Ottawa Chautauqua, Ottawa, Kansas c. 1898

A view of Forest Park during the 1886 Chautauqua; people unknown.

Thomas W. Lawson speaking at the Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly, Ottawa, Kansas, July 9, 1905

Tabernacle in Forest Park, Ottawa, Kansas created in 1895. This photo shows an east side view of the tabernacle on the Grand Army Day of the 1895 Ottawa Chautauqua. Governor William McKinley of Ohio is speaking, while Mrs. McKinley waits in the…

Stadium in Forest Park, Ottawa, KS featuring the Chautauqua Chorus of 1890.

Interior view of Assembly Hall in Forest Park, Ottawa, KS.

(Clockwise starting in the center) The Old Hollow Tree, the Secretary's Office, Normal Hall, Willard Hall, and The Boys' Club

A small girl is standing near a big, hollow tree in Forest Park, Ottawa, Kansas. Chautauqua tents and other people can be seen in the background. c. 1886