Mr. Cotrupi believes this is a factory-made tavern lamp that dates back to 1860s, and was probably the property of a Nebraska City establishments.
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This card is a piece of memorabilia from Salvatore and Maria Aletta, who owned a grocery store in Little Italy of Omaha. The card features pictures of them and asks the card holder to remember them, reading "I want you to have this token of the time…
This is an image of an Omaha Star write-up on an upcoming music performance at the Carnation Ballroom. The caption reads, "James Brown, with the Famous Flames, will be the featured entertainer at the Carnation Ballroom, February 16, 1957. Also with…
Before Bernard Calandra started Calandra Camera Company, he first started the Acme Studio. Here he sold cameras and printed photos. This business would eventually merge into the Calandra Camera Co.
This addendum to a newspaper Slavie was probably published on a weekly basis and it consists of short, entertaining stories. The name of this weekly paper is "Rodina" (Family).
A Adressograph instruction manual, a blank metal index card, and then a printed card with an address from Omaha, Ne. An Adressograph machine was used to mass send mail, the index card allowed the machine to use it for the number of mail items a…