The Jacob Walter photograph was taken by Solomon Butcher sometime around 1887. The photograph features Jacob Walter's sod house, corn crib and wooden barn, all of which were built in 1883. The images also include Jacob Walter with his horse and…
This is a series of photographs depicting the Jacobsen family throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Features Inger (Marie) Marie Jensine Andersen, Laurits (Laurs) Severin Jacobsen, Louise Christensen & Jens (Pete) Peter Jacobsen, Rose…
The Duba family tree traces the family back to Bohemia in the 1600s. The Duba family immigrated to the United States in the 1870s. Alvin Duba is part of the third generation of Dubas born in the United States.
This is a photograph of James Moody playing tenor sax with the Dizzy Gillespie Band at the Dreamland Ballroom in 1948. The Dizzy Gillespie Band, and other popular jazz and big band musicians brought a large crowds to The Dreamland Ballroom in North…
This is a photograph of Jan Svagera in civilian dress. Jan Svagera was C.J. Svagera's great grandfather; he arrived in the United States from Moravia in 1912.