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This quilt was made by Virginia Wahlstrom's grandmother when she was five years old. It was made in the early 1900's, and the quilt was made for her baby dolls.

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The Big Bondeave dairy bottles held cream and milk from Marg Stoner’s (maiden name Pinkerton) family farm from the 1930’s and 1940’s that was located east of Chadron, Nebraska. The cream and milk was sold to local grocery stores (Miller’s, White’s,…

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These candy bar molds come from Carol Koehn’s family store on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn, New York from the 1940’s. The chocolate was melted in a copper pot and poured into the candy bar molds. The name Koletty appears on the top of the bars similar…

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This is a wooden model of a B24 Bomber that Wyman Nemecek and his crew flew during World War Two from 1943-1945.

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This is a flag that was flown over Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom in December 2012. The flag was flown by Wyman Nemecek's son-in-law, Major Jeremiah Guild. Guild flew a B1B Stealth Bomber and always flies with an American Flag.

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These are Shadow boxes put together with photos, patches, medals, and pins from the time Wyman Nemecek served in the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) during World War Two. Wyman was a tail gunner and flew in forty-two missions in the South…

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A Adressograph instruction manual, a blank metal index card, and then a printed card with an address from Omaha, Ne. An Adressograph machine was used to mass send mail, the index card allowed the machine to use it for the number of mail items a…

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A machine that allowed you to record your voice onto a wax cylinder. The machine could also be hooked up to a typewriter.

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Old medicine kit with 24 different medicines. Medicine Kit created by The Red Star Medicine Company in Greely, Colorado. Medicine kit includes cures everything from snake bits to hysteria.

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"Treating Disease With Faradic Currents Of Electricity" was written by J.J. Mackby M.D. and published by P.G. Williams in 1901. By inducing currents of electricity using a portable Faradic Battery, also known as an Electro-Medical Shocking Coil many…
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