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An article from the Lincoln Journal-Star detailing the donation of a caboose from Union Pacific to the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.

Lucile Grim and Grant Merrit were engaged to be married on June 28, 1941. On the Wednesday before the wedding, June 25, 1941, Grant died after a car accident. Instead of the wedding, Grant's funeral was held on the day of the wedding. Lucile received…

A scrapbook of students at Dannebrog's school.

A photograph of the Custer County Golden Jubilee Rodeo-Fair of 1931. The photograph was taken at the fair by Lucky Dedmore of North Platte.

This Czech national cookbook is a guide that includes recipes to traditional Czech dishes ranging from the simple to the gourmet. It also includes pages on which a reader has added his or her own recipes.

A collection of stories of the Czech and German settlers of the DuBois area. Published by the Pawnee County Historical Society on the 100th Anniversary of the foundation of Nebraska Territory.

This 1917 “cabaret song hit”, was written and composed by Maceo Pinkard of “Sweet Georgia Brown” fame. Janice Cleary who owns this amazing collection, informs us Pinkard was a booking agent in Omaha before he moved on to New…

This pre-World War I song is about a baritone singer named William Washington Malone who, “Made them get so hot, they’d rag a new fox trot. The girls would Salome, they all would come and fetch the mo’ to hear old William Washington…

This “Terrific Hit” song written by Maceo Pinkard of ‘Sweet Georgia Brown” fame is about a man returning to his home in “Dixie land”. He tells his girl, “Now you can stay up here and have all I’ve…

This “1917 Jazz Band Sensation” is an instrumental song composed by Maceo Pinkard of “Sweet Georgia Brown” fame. Janice Cleary, who owns this amazing collection, informed us that Pinkard was a booking agent in Omaha before he…