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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.

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This photo is of Usef Kuwa, father of Mengistu Kuwa. Usef was leader of people in the Nuba Mountains. He was chosen to be a leader by the people and was held with great respect according to Mengistu. Different regions had different tribes, and the…

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This is a sewing kit Marlene Volkmer's grandmother had. She got married in 1910, and Marlene Volkmer believes the kit was a wedding gift.
For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.

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This is a fern pot Marlene Volkmer's grandmother had. Born in 1885, she married in 1905, and Marlene Volkmer believes this pot is over a hundred years old. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest…

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Mr. Cotrupi believes this is a factory-made tavern lamp that dates back to 1860s, and was probably the property of a Nebraska City establishments. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube…

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Charlie Eickhoff's great-grandfather Arnold Eickhoff, born in 1836, moved to Nebraska after the Civil War and at first lived in the dugout on the border of Cedar and Knox counties. He rose to be the bank manager, and in 1893 was elected…

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Charlie Eickhoff's great-grandfather Arnold Eickhoff, born in 1836, moved to Nebraska after the Civil War and at first lived in a dugout on the border of Cedar and Knox counties. He rose to be the bank manager, and in 1893 was elected representative…

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This is the funeral photograph of Patrick Kennedy, Sue Eickhoff's great-grandfather. An emigrant form Ireland, Patrick Kennedy homesteaded in the town of Coleridge in Cedar County, NE. Funeral photographs used to be much more common then they are…

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This is the Frerichs family photograph, with Herman Meinard Frerichs, his wife Rena Bohlken and their elder daughter Elizabeth, born in 1882. Herman Frerichs emigrated from Etzel in the Kingdom of Hannover with his parents in 1857, when he was just…

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This is the photograph of Elizabeth Frerichs and her friend Christie Mesigaclis made in the 1900s. Images that portray two friends dressed up and sitting for a photograph that would become a keepsake of their friendship are more rare than traditional…
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