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Shams Al-Badry, a young woman born in Iraq shortly before her family fled to Saudi Arabia, shared some of her family's treasured possessions. Items include a ring, carpet, and tea set from Iraq and a photograph of Shams as a young child in the…

This a picture of Shams Al-Badry, approximately age 2, being held by her mother (not pictured because she is not wearing a hijab). This photo was taken in their tent in the Iraqi refugee camp in Saudi Arabia. Ms. Al-Badry said it was not the typical…

This is a sewing kit Marlene Volkmer's grandmother had. She got married in 1910, and Marlene Volkmer believes the kit was a wedding gift.
For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.

A Service Men Ticket given to men in the uniform of the Armed Forces of the United States for the Cornell-Pennsylvania football game on November 26, 1942.

This is a series of senior portraits of the graduating class of Dannebrog high school in 1955. Top: Gary Baker, Mr. Bott, Carol Nielsen, Mr. George, Jarold Elvera; 2nd row: Lola Throop, Sharyn M_m; 3rd row: Sonya Jacobsen, Harold O'bermiller, Rayburn…

History of the Sellenrick Family and Story about Aunt Mary

An album of cassettes from the Sejnoha Memorial Band celebrating 100 years of South Dakota's statehood (1889-1989), featuring Czech songs.

Seidel sisters left to right (Nola, Elna, and Vera Anne Seidel) in 1942.

Seidel Homestead in 1980.

The Seidel family farm and their new 1937 Ford.