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Waterpainting
Vlasek family heirloom painting. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest.
Vlasek family heirloom book "John Dough and The Cherub" by L. Frank Baum.
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.
Ice Box Tongs
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'…
Postcard to Benjamin Franklin Thomas
The image on the postcard shows a horse in the lower left hand corner.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Birthdays
This daybook page has a list of people and their birthday.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Marriage Certificate, 1866
This is a marriage certificate for Emily and Richard Van Patton. It is from 1866 and from Saronville, Nebraska. Emily was 26 and Richard was 33. These are the grandparents of Virginia Wahlstrom. She moved from Sutton, Nebraska in 1961 and in…
Baby Quilt, circa 1900
This quilt was made by Virginia Wahlstrom's grandmother when she was five years old. It was made in the early 1900's, and the quilt was made for her baby dolls.
Dairy Bottles
The Big Bondeave dairy bottles held cream and milk from Marg Stoner’s (maiden name Pinkerton) family farm from the 1930’s and 1940’s that was located east of Chadron, Nebraska. The cream and milk was sold to local grocery stores (Miller’s, White’s,…
Candy Bar Molds
These candy bar molds come from Carol Koehn’s family store on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn, New York from the 1940’s. The chocolate was melted in a copper pot and poured into the candy bar molds. The name Koletty appears on the top of the bars similar…
Wooden Model of a B24 Bomber
This is a wooden model of a B24 Bomber that Wyman Nemecek and his crew flew during World War Two from 1943-1945.