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A packed crowd enjoys dancing and listening to the band at the Dreamland Ballroom in the 1950s. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.

Black and white photograph of the interior of the Crystal Ballroom which was located inside the Hotel Fort Kearney (a.k.a. Fort Kearney Hotel). The hotel began construction in 1917 and opened to for business on October 11, 1927. It stood on the…

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.

Original Daguerreotype Picture Frame found at Fort Kearny by Merwyn Henderson.

The Big Bondeave dairy bottles held cream and milk from Marg Stoner’s (maiden name Pinkerton) family farm from the 1930’s and 1940’s that was located east of Chadron, Nebraska. The cream and milk was sold to local grocery stores (Miller’s, White’s,…

Dan Desdunes was a prominent jazz musician and band leader when he moved to Omaha from New Orleans just after the turn of the twentieth century. In Omaha, he directed several bands and trained the younger generation of bandleaders in Omaha. The Dan…

This is a photograph showing the flooding which occurred on June 6, 1896. Image shows several men standing in waist deep water, riding horses, and a canoe in the background

This is a photograph of a Dannebrog gymnastics class. Pictured are Amandus Hannibal, Magnus Jacobsen, Chris (teacher), Morris Hart, Charlie Sorensen, Harold Jensen (hotel), Dan Rasmussen, Willie Jensen, Holger Christensen, Harold Hald, Harold…

These are multiple photographs and documents related to Dannebrog High School graduation class of 1925. This includes Martha Anderson, Mabel Madsen, Rosemond Petersen, Erma Lingford, Sarah Larsen, Mildred Madsen, Bertha Nelson, Katherine Sorensen,…

This is a photograph of "grandma and grandpa" standing in front of their house in Dannebrog, Nebraska.