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Four black and white photographs (daguerreotypes) in their original boxes. Each box has red fabric (possibly velvet or velveteen), a gold-colored frame (possibly real gold or gold gilt), with decoration on the outside of the box, and each has a small…

This photograph shows four generations of the Jacobsen family. The photograph includes Inger Marie Anderson Jacobsen, Helen Nielsen Jacobsen, Laurits Jacobsen, Jensine Anderson, Magnus Jacobsen, and Laverne Jacobsen.

Black and white photograph of City National Bank of Kearney, Nebraska

Framed artwork of Longfellow School (1890-1960) in Kearney, Nebraska.

Frank and Mary Vobejda are Cathron Oconnor's great great grandparents. They came to the United States in the 1860s. Frank became a United States citizen in 1868. They lived in Iowa until their deaths in the early twentieth century.

Charlie Eickhoff's father Frank Eickhoff was a son of Elizabeth Eickhoff (nee Bruns) and Edward Eickhoff from the small town of Crofton in Knox County, Nebraska. Born in 1895, Frank Eickhoff served in the cavalry in World War I. In 1928, Frank…

Charlie Eickhoff's father Frank Eickhoff was a son of Elizabeth Eickhoff (nee Bruns) and Edward Eickhoff from the small town of Crofton in Knox County, Nebraska. Born in 1895, Frank Eickhoff served in the cavalry in World War I. In 1928 Frank married…

This photo is of Frank Oddo, an Italian immigrant from Carlentini, Italy. Oddo became a U.S. citizen in 1934 at the age of 23. According to his daughter, Mary, Oddo was "always clowning" as seen in the photo.

Omaha was home to a wide range of black fraternal groups. The Elks and Masons were particularly strong in the city during the mid-twentieth century. Fraternal groups provided a social outlet, as well as opportunities for community betterment. …

This is the Frerichs family photograph, with Herman Meinard Frerichs, his wife Rena Bohlken and their elder daughter Elizabeth, born in 1882. Herman Frerichs emigrated from Etzel in the Kingdom of Hannover with his parents in 1857, when he was just…