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The man on the left, talking into the microphone, is Herman Spacek. The stage is on Main Street, Rossville, Kansas. The other gentleman on the right is unidentified.

Charles Martin is sitting in a stock tank fully clothed with nice shoes on after getting dunked. It was part of the Tall Corn Festival in Rossville, Kansas.

LaVerne Spears is sitting in a stock tank fully clothed with nice shoes on after getting dunked. It was part of the Tall Corn Festival in Rossville, Kansas.

Mr. LaVerne H. Spears was born on a farm near Wamego, Kansas, on September 20, 1906. He married Edna Vilven in 1927. They moved to Rossville, Kansas, in 1928. He was mayor from 1955-1965. He was elected to the Kansas State Legislature in 1964 and…

This is probably a picture of a Tall Corn Festival parade taken on Main Street in Rossville, Kansas.

The car has four people in it. The sign on the side of the car lists three people's names: F. P. McCollough, Lulu Kassebaum, and Bert Heslet. This could be a Tall Corn Festival parade float.

Leo Gannon riding a donkey in the Rossville, Kansas, Tall Corn Festival parade in August 1961.

Leo Gannon riding a donkey in the Rossville, Kansas, Tall Corn Festival parade in August 1961.

This picture shows Clyde Rogers pulling a Rossville, Kansas, Tall Corn Festival parade float in August of 1961.

This Tall Corn Festival parade float is of John Wehner and John Levin in a bathtub.