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The Daily Graphic: An Illustrated Evening Newspaper. This paper was published Friday August 25, 1876. This particular publication includes articles and corresponding illustrations to events such as Trial of the "Molly Maguire Murders" at Pottsville,…

This is a publicity shot for The Clovers, a popular jazz band who played the Dreamland Ballroom in 1954. Native Omahan, Preston Love, Sr.'s band played backup for The Clovers at the dance that night. For interviews and oral histories of this and…

This photo captures the Cangilia house, childhood home of Joe Caniglia and his family, built in the Little Italy neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. The home was built by the famous architect Thomas Rogers Kimball, who also built St. Cecelia's…

This photo shows the Caniglia cousins, family of Joe Caniglia, in the backyard of one of their houses in Little Italy Omaha, Ne in 1940. All of the Caniglia cousins lived in Little Italy within a few blocks of each other.

Giuseppe and Giuseppina, step siblings via the marriage of Domenico and Antonina Scaletta, married each other and spent their initial time in Omaha, Ne. In May of 1897 they had their first child, Lena Bondi. This photo shows Lena holding the baby…

Handwritten letter of German POW Arthur [family name unknown] to Seidel family in Tipton, Kansas, where we worked briefly as a farm laborer.

These two admission tickets a Chautauqua event, organized by a recently established (1898) Texas-Colorado Chautauqua Association belonged to F.J. Nelson of Axtell, Nebraska. Chautauqua is an institute of short two-three week schools for popular adult…

Terri and Dave Mabon shared their Civil War remembrance documents (a commemorative record of the Army of the Cumberland and the mailing package for it), and UNL History Harvest assistant Leslie Working discussed the veterans' relationships and…

Terri and Dave Mabon share the story of Dave Mabon's great-grandfather with the History Harvest graduate student assistant Leslie Working and the photographs and documents from their collection. For interviews and oral histories of this and…

Terri and Dave Mabon share the story and photographs of their great-grandfather's second wife Charlotte and her family (pictures of Charlotte's family and the Littlefield's family reunion; letters exchanged between Charlotte and her sister) with the…