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Issued to a drover overseeing transportation of cattle from the Omaha market to Axtell, this ticket is one of the rare documents of the turn of the 20th century railroad operations. Unlike a passenger ticket, the drover's ticket featured a list of…

Issued to a drover overseeing transportation of cattle from the Omaha market to Axtell, this ticket is one of the rare documents of the turn of the 20th century railroad operations. Unlike a passenger ticket, the drover's ticket featured a list of…

The Great Plains Black History Museum was in the process of renovating and salvaging items from the building that had fallen into disrepair. New management had moved many of the items into a metal storage container to save them from the elements. The…

The History Harvest was held at Love's Jazz and Art Center on October 22, 2011. A number of North Omaha institutions supported program and helped publicize or otherwise contribute to the program, including the Great Plains Black History Museum, Big…

This is a photograph of a luncheon that Sonya Jacobsen had for Kamma Villemoes, who came from Denmark, in August of 2009. Sonya's mother's Royal Copenhagen China which has a Musselmalet Pattern and the Hardanger Embroidery Tablecloth, which was made…

This photograph shows the Frank and Marie (Ledvina) Hladky, Sr. family with their horses on their farm west of Crete Nebraska. Featured in the photo (left to right) are Joe Justa (husband of Mary Hladky) with his son Clarence Just a on horseback,…

This is one of the families awarded Family of the Week, a recurring feature in the Omaha Star. The clipping does not include any information about the family in the photo. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the …

This is an image of a collage of "Family of the Week" articles from the Omaha Star newspaper. Each of the features included a picture of the family along with a short caption. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit…

The photo is of Nancy's grandma and grandpa Paul and their first three children taken around 1913.