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This page appears to include information on the money Benjamin Franklin Thomas spent. It also contains lyrics derived from "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs" by Robert Burns.

Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh…

The Daily Graphic: An Illustrated Evening Newspaper. This paper was published Friday August 25, 1876. This particular publication includes articles and corresponding illustrations to events such as Trial of the "Molly Maguire Murders" at Pottsville,…

This is Dean High's honorable Discharge from the United States Army.

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…

Japanese Yen, currency collected during WWII.

These pages appear to be a record of accounting for Benjamin Franklin Thomas. They also include miscellaneous items. In this photo, an account of money spent on miscellaneous items can be seen. For example, one can see that Benjamin Franklin Thomas…

This ring is a Von Seggern family heirloom.

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

A book of the Winter family's history. Written in 1900, 1904, 1907, and 1910. This book follows the lives of Frederick Winter and his three sons Ralph Winter, Waldo Winter, and Emerson Winter. This book has been passed down for generations in the…

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.