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Iron ice block tongs were used to pull ice blocks out of rivers in the period prior to electric, private refrigerators. These specific tongs were used by an Ice company in Holyoke, MA on the Connecticut River. They were inherited from Heather Thomas'…

Vlasek family heirloom book "John Dough and The Cherub" by L. Frank Baum. A whimsical wonder-story in which is described the marvelous creation of John Dough, the Gingerbread Man; his meeting with the incubator baby called Chick the Cherub.

Vlasek family heirloom painting. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest.

Suzette LaFlesche, also known as Princess "Bright Eyes" was the daughter of "Iron Eye" LaFlesche, chief of the Omaha Native American tribe. One of the first women to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she died 7 June 1903.

This is the marriage certificate of Edward Jones and Agnes Houston Jones, who married August 14, 1895. Agnes was a medical doctor.

This ring is a Von Seggern family heirloom.

Japanese Yen, currency collected during WWII.

A photograph of mail carrier wagons stopped in Clearwater, Nebraska. The people shown in the photograph are as follows:
first from left: Jessie Mitchel's father
second from left: Walter (Walt) Snider
third from right: Stanley Heminway
second from…

Portrait of JD Clair Smith Jr, son of JD Clair and Olive Felber Smith taken in 1911 in Hartington, NE.

Portrait of the Fleming family featuring Walter and Julia Fleming, and their children: Mort, Ada, Walter Jr, Allen, and Robert. The date of this portrait is unknown.