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This ring is a Von Seggern family heirloom.

These pages appear to be a record of accounting for Benjamin Franklin Thomas. They also include miscellaneous items. In this photo, an account of money spent on miscellaneous items can be seen. For example, one can see that Benjamin Franklin Thomas…

Japanese Yen, currency collected during WWII.

A photograph of mail carrier wagons stopped in Clearwater, Nebraska. The people shown in the photograph are as follows:
first from left: Jessie Mitchel's father
second from left: Walter (Walt) Snider
third from right: Stanley Heminway
second from…

This is Dean High's honorable Discharge from the United States Army.

The Daily Graphic: An Illustrated Evening Newspaper. This paper was published Friday August 25, 1876. This particular publication includes articles and corresponding illustrations to events such as Trial of the "Molly Maguire Murders" at Pottsville,…

This page appears to include information on the money Benjamin Franklin Thomas spent. It also contains lyrics derived from "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs" by Robert Burns.

Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh…

Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.

These trifocal glasses as shown in the photos worn by Palmer Wall were created by Dr. Lewis C. Rathbun of Oelwein, Iowa. Rathbun also made tools for the Chicago Great Western Railroad. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln…

This portion of Benjamin Franklin Thomas's daybook documents the distance traveled daily and the locations of the Van Amburgh Circus in May, June, July, and August of 1860.

Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh…