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Original paper homestead certificate presented to Albert More of Grand Island in 1884, Nebraska from the General Land Office of the United States. Albert More is a familial ancestor of Sara and Terrence Holoubeck. The Homestead Act was passed by…

Original paper deed for land ownership presented to Roswell D. Gould of Buffalo County, Nebraska in 1879, ancestor to Sara and Terrence Holoubeck. The deed was presented to Gould by the General Land Office at Grand Island, Nebraska of the United…

Black and white photograph of 1931 East Junior High School Football Champions of Warren, Ohio. East Junior High School, established 1920, was demolished in 2010, according to internet research. In the second row, center is Paul William Davis, father…

A book of the Winter family's history. Written in 1900, 1904, 1907, and 1910. This book follows the lives of Frederick Winter and his three sons Ralph Winter, Waldo Winter, and Emerson Winter. This book has been passed down for generations in the…

František Palacký, the author of "The History of the Czech Nation in Bohemia and Moravia", was a Czech historian and politician and one of the leading figure of the Czech National Revival. He is also called "Father of the Nation".
This magnum opus…

This 1920 photograph of the Arthur and Jenny Cooksley family was brought into the Custer County History Harvest by Kevin Cooksley. The photograph was taken in Broken Bow.

Metal, red and gold colored miniature bank to promote the Fort Kearney State Bank of Kearney, Nebraska.

This item is a silk flag that was hanging at the First Plymouth Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. There are blue stars with names of those from the church who served in World War I written on them.

This is an envelope holding a letter from the Federal Bureau of Investigation denying employment to Lucile Grim.

A metal ephemera artifact (possibly a bell) meant to promote Farmers State Bank of Kearney, Nebraska. Text on the front reads "Farmers State Bank, Established 1890, Kearney, Nebr."