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This memento certificate was given to Vance Smith for his enlistment in the United States Army on December 10, 1917 in Omaha to serve as a mechanic in the First World War effort.

The photograph is of Minny Cudmoore and her students. They are outside of the sod school house. Minny Cudmoore was Jacob Walters granddaughter and was Wilma Lorson French's grandmother.

This photo was taken circa 1905 of a family of seven outside their sod home.

This is a photograph and postcard about the massive snowstorm that hit Dannenbrog, Nebraska in 1915.

Slingsby Family Photograph

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…

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…

This is a Danish book given to the youth at working age. The purpose was to record all jobs worked and used as a reference book for Danish teenagers. This book was usually given by a priest of a parish, as they would stamp the book with a seal to…

This is a Danish book that was given to the youth at working age. The purpose was to record all jobs worked and used as a reference book for Danish teenagers. This book was given by a priest of a parish, as they would stamp the book with a seal to…

Photograph of the Notre Dame Sisters who arrived in the United States in 1910.

Front: Candidate Anna Eisenmeier (Sister Cecilia), Sister Caroline, Sister Januaria, Sister Symphorosa, Mother Qualberta, Msgr. Anthony Polansky.

Back: Candidate…