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This image from the Omaha Star shows a group of school children posing with their science experiments. The students pictured are Otis Bullion, Diana Lewis, Barry Gorum, Stephanie Hall, Billy Reed, Margaret Brown, Robert Lopez, and James Bland. For…

This collage displays a wide range of community involvement programs and activities throughout North Omaha. This section is composed primarily of youth events, including a group of youth delegates was planning a trip to a national convention in Los…

This collage displays a wide range of community involvement programs and activities throughout North Omaha. Pageants, advertisements, and pool parties are just a few of the featured pieces. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items…

This collage displays a wide range of community involvement programs and activities throughout North Omaha. Churches, women's clubs, and sports teams are just a few of the featured organizations. There is also an article on the 'Mother of the Year"…

This collage contains several birthday announcements from the Omaha Star. The announcements on the collage are all young children under the age of ten. According to the captions, the parties were held at private homes as well as community areas like…

This collage depicts several birthday announcements from the Omaha Star. The announcements on the collage are all young children under the age of ten. According to the captions, the parties were held at private homes as well as community areas like…

This collage contains several birthday announcements from the Omaha Star. The announcements on the collage are all young children under the age of ten. According to the captions, the parties were held at private homes as well as community areas like…

This collage features a number of advertisements from Black-owned businesses in North Omaha. The collage demonstrates the variety of businesses that thrived in North Omaha in the 1950s. The advertisements include restaurants, bars, realtors, and…

A note from his grandaunt accompanies the folding cup brought in by Mr. Taylor. This is his great-grandmother’s folding cup that she used in the field while enslaved in Mississippi. This artifact would have been essential to his…

Mr. Taylor brought in this penny to the History Harvest to share with us, accompanied by a note from his grandaunt. This penny is a 'braided hair coronet'-style penny, dated 1840, and Mr. Taylor informed us that his great-great-grandmother held on to…