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Colored postcard of the old City Hall of Kearney, Nebraska. Postcard is blank. On the back it says "Made in Germany."

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These are hand woven scarves brought to us by Peh Wah Mu, a refugee from Burma who now lives in Lincoln, NE. The scarves were made by hand from cotton by women in refugee camps in Thailand. These scarves are worn by women either over their shoulders…

Peh Wah Mu shared her traditional Karen clothing, scarves, and the Karen flag. Peh Wah Mu is originally from Burma, and spent twenty-five years in a Thailand refugee camp before moving to Lincoln, NE in 2009. In this video, Peh Wah Mu explains the…

Gottlieb Schuetz and Anna Parli were the second maternal great-grandparents of Bill Dean and his family who shared the documents at the History Harvest. The Swiss Parli relatives probably sent this check to the Schuetz family in 1873, three years…

Vinyl record of Prairie Fire's album Just for You. This was the band's introductory album. Prairie Fire was formerly known as the Cadillac Cowboys.

This clipping is one of many birthday announcements that appeared in the Omaha Star. The coverage of events such as these illustrates the closeness of the North Omaha community. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit…

This is the Journal of Alex Pirnie. Pirnie lived in Custer County in the early twentieth century. The journal was brought into the Custer County History Harvest by Kevin Cooksley.

This is a wedding photo, from the wedding of Josephine Lomeier's parents. Her parents met in Omaha, and they are both from Carlentini, Italy. They were married in 1918. Both of Lomeier's parents emigrated separately in 1908. Her father originally…