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This is an image of a photo from the Omaha Star newspaper. This is part of an article on Thomas Real Estate, a black-owned business in North Omaha which had just hired four new sales persons. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items…

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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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This is a photograph of a paperweight brought from Denmark by Inger Marie Sveigaard Carlsen to America. It shows the Dutch church Thisted Kirke.

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An original, round Thermo-Scope used at the Ira C. Anderson Funeral Home (established in 1920) in Kearney, Nebraska (which is now the Horner, Lieske, McBride, & Kuhl Funeral Home in Kearney located at the intersection of 25th St. and Avenue A.…

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The Wilber Republican is a newspaper in Wilber, Nebraska, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events. The Wilber Republican began publication in 1887.

"Wilber Republican." Accessed May 26, 2016.…

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Marriage license for the state of Nebraska between Vincenzo Vacanti and Carmela Laferla.

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Black and white photo of the Vacanti family grocery store. The back reads "Sept. 18, 1940 Uncle John, Louise Vacanti, Fred Vacanti Vacanti Grocery Store 802 Pierce St"

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This photo captures students of the train school of Omaha. Many Italian students went to this school. The caption reads, "Train School Omaha - April '39 - Kdgn - A.M." This class was Josephine Lomeier's brother's kindergarten class.

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This is sheet music for the song, "Sweetheart of Chi Delta Phi." Words and music written by O. Irving Jacobsen in 1928. Printed by Rayner, Dalheim & Co. in Chicago.
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