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Eugene Sengstake's Long Short Snorter
This is Eugene Sengstake's Long Short Snorter. A short snorter is a piece of paper money (as a dollar bill) endorsed by a member of an informal club, consisting of pilots, crew members, or passengers who has made a transoceanic flight, as a…
Eugene Sengstake Sr.'s Military Pins
Military pins earned by Eugene Sengstake Sr. during his time as a World War II B-24 Pilot before he went missing in action.
Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th Medical Regiment and later as a B-24 pilot.…
Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th Medical Regiment and later as a B-24 pilot.…
Eugene Sengstake Sr.'s Green Commissioned Officer's Hat
Eugene Sengstake Sr.'s green hat with golden-black piping. These hats were likely worn by commissioned officers. Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th Medical Regiment and later as a B-24 pilot. Sengstake served in the…
Eugene Sengstake Sr.'s Leather Wallet
This is a leather pocket wallet that Eugene Sengstake carried during World War II.
Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th Medical Regiment and later as a B-24 pilot. Sengstake served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from…
Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th Medical Regiment and later as a B-24 pilot. Sengstake served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from…
Eugene Sengstake Sr.'s Toiletry Kit
This is a monogrammed, zippered, leather toiletry kit belonging to Eugene Sengstake Sr. It includes a comb, soap box, shoe brush, shoehorn, trimming scissors, file, a picture frame, and loops to accommodate other items.
Eugene Wagner Sengstake…
Eugene Wagner Sengstake…
Contents of Eugene W. Sengstake Sr.'s Wallet
These are the contents of the leather wallet carried by Eugene Sengstake Sr.
Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th Medical Regiment and later as a B-24 pilot. Sengstake served in the U.S. Army Air Force from…
Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th Medical Regiment and later as a B-24 pilot. Sengstake served in the U.S. Army Air Force from…
Postcard to Benjamin Franklin Thomas
The image on the postcard shows a horse in the lower left hand corner.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century.
Ice Box Tongs
Iron ice block tongs were used to pull ice blocks out of rivers in the period prior to electric, private refrigerators. These specific tongs were used by an Ice company in Holyoke, MA on the Connecticut River. They were inherited from Heather Thomas'…
Waterpainting
Vlasek family heirloom painting. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest.
Portrait of Suzette LaFlesche
Suzette LaFlesche, also known as Princess "Bright Eyes" was the daughter of "Iron Eye" LaFlesche, chief of the Omaha Native American tribe. One of the first women to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she died 7 June 1903.