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This is a baptismal certificate for Friedrich Schuetz, the fourth child of Bill Dean's second great-grandfather Gottlieb Schuetz. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne,…

This image reveals the front side of the five war medals given to a Vacanti brother during WWII. Four Vacanti brothers served in the war at the same time.

Postcard depicting the view of Kearney from Ft. Kearney Hotel.

Program for the Funeral of Henry J. Hamburger

Copy of Concetta Monico's funeral program. She immigrated from Italy as a young girl and died in Nebraska at the age of 104.

This collage of articles from the Omaha Star shows pictures for the Gala Family Day in 1955. This collage included winners of the Twelfth Annual Coronation Pageant and the 1955 "Miss Sepia" Pageant.

For interviews and oral histories of this…

This video is an account of Gale Pemberton explaining what she brought to the Dannebrog History Harvest.

The chips belonged to the Bell Cigar Store, located on 16th and Douglas in Little Italy, Omaha, Neb. Frank Calamia was the owner of the cigar store that, according to popular legend, never sold a single cigar. The cigars in the window display were…

These framed photographs. newspaper advertisement, and business cards are from a Kearney area General Motors dealership started by George Sobotka {George's Super Surv later to be named George Motor Co.]. The final photo contains all the salesmen…

An original, paper Baptism Certificate in German. Certificate has two dates: March 31, 1900 and possibly June (?) 4, 1900. Some of the information is handwritten in German, and indicates that the Baptism either took place or was recognized in…