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This handwritten letter was sent from Lieutenant Chase E. Dibble to Captain James P.V. Niell at Fort Kearney, Nebraska on October 17th, 1866 regarding receipts for Quarter Master's property. The letter predates Nebraska's statehood, and was…

A booklet of sheet music from the Kearney Normal School. The song is a March titled "Spirit of K.S.N."

Photographs, menus, and advertisements for Corral Cafe- a restaurant that was an Oriental Cafe. It was the first Oriental Cafe of Kearney, Nebraska and was open from January 1968 to 1983.

Photograph of Felber Maasdam sitting on a motorcycle in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a policeman for the Lincoln Police Force and had played football in college. Felber was born in 1907 and still lives in Lincoln.

Photograph featuring white house in Hartington, Nebraska. This house was the birthplace of J.D. Clair Smith Jr. (born on May 31, 1908) and his grandpa Felber is on the front porch.

Baptism certificate of Arnold Frank George Furstenau who was born on February 28, 1918 in Dodge, Nebraska. He was the father of Cathy Maasdam and died in 1988.

This white coat was worn by J.D. Clair Smith Jr., a young boy featured in another photograph. He was born in 1908 and his mother was Olive Felber Smith.

A piece of mail sent to Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Clair Smith of Hartington, Nebraska. The letter was sent from friends from Sioux City, Iowa for the Christmas season.

Portrait of an unknown woman.

The Kearney High Class of 1905 attending their reunion as shown in The Kearney Hub Newspaper. The photograph originally appeared in the Hub in 1960.