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Postcard, with black and white photograph of Kearney's Opera House taken by Solomon D. Butcher. It is addressed to Miss Lillian Hooper of Grand Island, Nebraska.

Black and white postcard of the mile-long Platte River bridge near Kearney, Nebraska. There is a man on a horse on the bridge. Photograph taken by Solomon D. Butcher. It is addressed to Mrs. P.A. Graham of Buchtel, Ohio.

Colored postcard of the old City Hall of Kearney, Nebraska. Postcard is blank. On the back it says "Made in Germany."

Black and white postcard with photograph of the old Fort Kearney Hotel in Kearney, Nebraska

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.

A postcard photograph featuring Wiebke Maria Magdalena Pageler in a tall hat. Ms. Pageler was born 1888 and died 1988.

School photograph of children. Postcard includes names and ages written on the back. Kathleen J. Fleming (Cathy Maasdams mother) second from left in back row. Morse Bluffs, Nebraska (Grades 1-3) Public School District 14.

A photograph on a postcard of Robert Harrison Fleming in a hat and suit circa 1911.

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.

A collection of 15-20 postcards that depict historic Kearney, Nebraska. Most of the photographs depicted are from 1905-1920 with some from 1950s Kearney. This collection was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Kearney spring 2014 History…