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These pages include information on the money Benjamin Franklin Thomas spent. There is also an illegible newspaper article that he pasted on the right page.

Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid…

These pages appear to be a record of accounting for Benjamin Franklin Thomas. They also include miscellaneous items. In this photo, an account of money spent on miscellaneous items can be seen. For example, one can see that Benjamin Franklin Thomas…

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…

A Christmas card sent to Olive, Clair, and Little Clair Smith from friends in Iowa, Leona and Burton. It was postmarked 24 December 1914 at 2:30 PM in Sioux City, Iowa.

This portion of Benjamin Franklin Thomas's daybook documents the distance traveled daily and the locations of the Van Amburgh Circus in May, June, July, and August of 1860.

Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh…

This daybook page has a list of people and their birthday.

Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.

Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.

Baptism certificate of Arnold Frank George Furstenau who was born on February 28, 1918 in Dodge, Nebraska. He was the father of Cathy Maasdam and died in 1988.

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In this letter, J. A. Ulio, an army officer, informs Mrs. Sengstake that her husband is missing, and that she will be informed if anything changes. She is also told that she is entitled to his pay and allowances.

Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of…