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This pamphlet is from the inaugural dinner of the Santa Lucia Festival Committee of Omaha, Nebraska. Dating back to 1974, this dinner was the golden anniversary. The pamphlet contains information about the festivities, the food, and the entertainment…

You can find this and other stories on the History Harvest YouTube Channel.

These are achievement pins for learning the Palmer handwriting method.

This old and tattered painting depicts Flaminio in a uniform of an unknown country (presumably United States) and rank, posing for a painting.

These wooden eggs were painted as part of a tradition of preserving/saving eggs started by the church. These eggs are from Kiev.

Painted eggs used in Czech folk tradition. Two people would crack eggs together to see which would break and which would not. Now the eggs are used mostly for decoration. Dying was done using beeswax and dyes.

These painted eggs were painted in 1998 by Tereza Miklasova who was a Czech foreign exchange student to the Svoboda family.
The document included in this photo explains how Easter is celebrated in the Czech Republic. Eggshells are saved for weeks…

Portrait of the Pageler family sitting in a car in Saunders County, Nebraska (Most likely Cedar Bluffs). The photograph includes: Grayce, Victoria Pageler, Jack, Wiebke Pageler (1888-1988), Hans Pageler, Robert H. Fleming (1888-), Malinda Pageler,…