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This is a screwdriver created and used in Dannebrog, Nebraska. The handle has the following quote engraved: "There is no substitute for a farmers elevator, Arisgar Petersen, mgr".

This is an English textbook meant to help Czech speakers learn English. It belonged to Connie Strouf's Uncle Leo.

Four bullets fully intact. One is labeled EVV & Co. Found by Merwyn Henderson at/near Fort McPherson in Nebraska.

Gina Troia of Omaha was crowned the 2018 Santa Lucia Queen at the Santa Lucia Festival held in Omaha from June 7-10, 2018. She is pictured outside of the Santa Lucia Hall located in Little Italy, Omaha, Nebraska.

This Czech-American cookbook was meant to be an introduction to practical home cooking.

“Alibi-ing Papa” is about a woman who is fed up with her husband’s nights spent away from the family and the lies he tells to cover up his nocturnal adventures. The narrative takes place in Mobile, Alabama where alibing Sam always…

A man’s longing for his hometown, the city of Omaha Nebraska, inspires this post World War I blues song, printed as sheet music. The song is about his dreams of returning to Omaha after a life of roaming and his desire to settle down near his…

Map of Thayer County and Belvidere, Nebraska from 1883. Framed and hand-drawn by Earl Philip Dill. Contains a numbered grid and included on map are trail markers (Oregon Trail), school, Government building, railroads, rivers/streams, etc. (see…

This envelope is addressed to Kathleen Fleming who was living in Norse Bluff, Nebraska. It is from Jessie Young, KMA Homemakers, Earl E. May Seed Company in Shenandoah, Iowa. It is stamped for March 1, 1940.

An original, metal lock found at Fort Niobrara by Merwyn Henderson. The Lock reads "Eagle Lock Co. Terryville, CT, U.S.A." The patent number is FEB 25 1896.