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Five Years at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church 1933 - 1938. Rev. L.J. Wollf, Pastor. Anniversary booklet measuring 6  x 9 inches with 20 pages of content. Construction paper cover stapled at spine.

Contains baptism, funeral, confirmation, and marriage listings for the years of 1933 - 1938. Condition is good with some fading around the edges of the cover and some small tears to cover edges. Interior pages are very good with no tears or markings.

Surnames include: Renz, Sasse, Schoen, Gebhard, DeBoer, Ahrends, Freiteg, Schipper, Huls, Roelf, Wiemers, Saathoff, Koch, Schottenkirk, Hullman, Junker, Baumfalk, Weers, Henrichs, Wasserman, Garrels, Nemitz, Schmidt, Diekman, Wolken, Allerheiligen, Fletcher, Kisling, Gritz, Roseman, Rens, Lottman, Glather, Hicken, Wehsele, Huber, Meyer, and Weers.

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Nebraska Folklore Book Two.  Softcover book, stapled spine, measuring 6.25 x 9.25 inches with 32 pages. 

Written and compiled by The Nebraska Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration, Federal Works Agency.  Published by Woodruff Printing Company, Lincoln, Nebraska October, 1940.

Contents include: Indian Place Legends, Historical Legends, Ballads, Legends of Febold Feboldson, Animal Legends, Reminiscences of Dad Streeter, Dance Calls, Santee-Sioux Indian Legends, Early Nebraska Cooking, and Pioneer Recollections.

Condition is very good with some wear to covers and previous owners name written on cover.  Interior pages are very good with some age toning and first few pages have indentation from a paper clip at top center.

Great gift for the Nebraska history buff!

1973 Omaha Nebraska Lamplighter College Yearbook for Immanuel Hospital School of Nursing. Hardcover book measuring 8.25 inches x 11 inches with 55 pages.

Condition is very good with some soiling to covers. 

Linn, Kansas Centennial 1877-1977 history book.  Softcover book measuring 8.5 x 11 inches with 100 pages.

Contents include history of Linn, local church history, local clubs, school group photos, mayors of Linn, family photos, building photos, business leaders, etc.

Condition is good with wear to covers. Including creasing, soiling and some small spots of paper loss.  Interior pages are in very good condition with some light age toning along the edges.

1983 Gage County History Book.  This is a hardcover book.  Red cover with raised lettering and raised border.  Gold gilt lettering on the spine.

Book measures 9.25 inches wide x 12.25 inches tall, with 363 pages.  No index.

Published in 1983 by Taylor Publishing Company.

Includes a brief history of the towns of Gage county. Including: Blue Springs, Liberty, Adams, Pickrell, Rockford, Filley, Holmesville, Wymore, Barneston, Odell, Cortland, Clatonia, Virginia, Ellis, and Lanham.

Also includes sections on County History, Ghost Towns, Churches, Schools, Clubs, Lodges, Hospitals, Businesses, Cemeteries, Special Stories, and Family Stories.

Interior pages are in excellent condition with some light soiling. Binding is tight and covers are nice.

Very heavy book weighing just over 4 lbs. 

Great research tool for genealogists!

Antelope County Nebraska District 81 Country School Records Book. Book measures 8.25 x 10.75 inches with 115 pages. Covers the years of 1906-1922.

Sections include: Record of School Meetings Minutes, Teacher Contracts, Expense Record, and Orders Drawn on County and District Treasurer.

Not every page is filled. This would have been from a very small school district.

Cover is detached.

Vintage Scrapbook Album.  A Memory Book of My School Days. Book is copyright 1920 by The Reilly & Lee Co.  Designed and Decorated by Helen A. Haselton.  Art Deco graphics throughout.

Softcover book with leather covers.  Measures about 6.5 inches wide x 10 inches tall and about 2 inches thick.  189 pages.  Book weighs 1 pound 9 ounces.

This Vintage memory book was kept by Olive Halek of Fairbury, Nebraska.  She evidently started her school years in Belleville, Kansas, as there is a real photo postcard glued to an early page in the book showing the third grade class there.

Contents include:

37 photos (Including Senior Sneak Day)

Numerous newspaper clippings

Halloween Napkin

Purple Floral Napkin

Alumni Banquet Programs

Sports Banquet Programs

Commencement Announcement

Student Autographs

Class History

Class Prophecy

Reunions

Alumni Marriages

Class of '23 Nursery (Births)

Glued in Cut out newspaper photos of football players along with hand written notes on each player.

Coach write up

Write up on each football game that school year along with score for each game.

Olive kept very detailed notes and very comprehensive record of her time at Fairbury High School and the FHS class of 1923.  Eighty percent of the pages are filled.

Most of the photos are glued in, with a few loose ones.

Very nice piece of history!

Original antique hardcover book: Elements of Latin

By: Benjamin L. D'ooge

Published by: Ginn and Company

Copyright Date: 1921

Book measures 5 1/2 inches wide x 7 5/8 inches tall, with 384 pages plus another 42 pages of Latin-English Vocabulary.

Foreword: This is a new book.  It presents Latin in such a way that the pupil will learn Latin and enjoy the process. It makes Latin a live subject without sacrificing scholarship.  The subject matter is divided into 110 lessons, grouped by semesters.  In general a lesson can be in a single recitation.  Related subjects are treated together and every point is adequately explained.

86 illustrations.  Map of Gaul and Parts of Germany, Spain, Italy, and Britain. Map of Italy (in colors).

Original green boards.  Book is in good condition with some age toning, light soiling and some wear to covers. Black marks on a 2 inch section of top edge of pages. Only visible when viewing the book from the top.  Former owners name written inside of cover. Binding is tight.

Original antique hardcover book: Etiquette Problems in Pictures

By: Lillian Eichler

Published by: Nelson Doubleday

Copyright Date: 1922, Print date 1924

Book measures 5 1/8 inches wide x 7 5/8 inches tall, with 150 pages.

Partial Preface:

Original blue boards. Front cover has gold lettering and gold floral border. Every other page is an illustration.

Book is in good condition with some age toning, light soiling and some wear to covers. Some discoloration of the back cover.  A slip of paper is glued inside the back cover with a small slip of paper inserted, that reads "Etiquette"

Binding is tight.

Vintage 1925 Grinnell, Iowa College Yearbook. The Cyclone. This is a hardcover book measuring 8 inches x 11 inches with approximately 250 pages.

Contains: Faculty photos, student photos, club photos, sports, local advertising etc.

Individual student photos include:

Wilma Arnold, Genevieve Ashby, Veta Baker, Madge Baltimore, Ruth Barber, Doris M. Barber, Jack Bender, Harry Boge, Alta, Booton, Eugene Breitenbach, Norma M. Bowman, Helen Adele Brewer, Frank Bunnel, Arthur Bryant, Earl S. Burch, William Russell Burke, Jeanette Calmenson, Elfriede Lisle Cartano, Harriet Cathcart, Alice Christensen, Alice Dorothy Clifton, Mildred Cohen, Ella Clough, Elizabeth M. Conard, Margaret Corey, Rowena Craft, Neil L. Crone, Lorraine Curtis, George Dare, Keith Daubenberger, Katherine J. Davis, Mary Dieterich, Lester Duke, Curtis Eiker, Katherine Farwell, Robert Fell, Margaret Field, Esther Fisher, James Fitz, Millard Gelvin, Donald C. Fullerton, Katherine Gilmore, Grace Grant, Irma Goodrich, Floyd Green, John Grimes, Gerald Griffin, Ada Grosenbaugh, Donald B. Hadley, Edna Grosenbaugh, Hugh D. Hale, George Hamlin, Adelaide Harlan, Guy Harrington, Mary Frances Hedges, Dirk Heezen, Eugenia Onalee Heldridge, Mary Layton Hewitt, Gilbert Henry, Eugene L. Howard, Evan Jones, Kathryn Jones, Leon Jones, Velda Jordan, William Jones, Charles June, Lela Kaisand, Gladys Kemp, Lucile Kepford, Donald Kepler, Clark Kingery, Gordon Kitchen, Hugh Kirkpatrick, Ruth Knight, Bernice Koontz, Margaret Lippert, Eleanor Long, Gwendolen Long, Edward Loveland, Opal Lowry, John C. MacAlpine, Jr., Genevieve McClure, John McGee, Mary B. McColl, Lucile Martin, Frances McGrew, Hilda Mauck, Marguerite Merryman, Charles M. Meyers, Claire L. Meyer, Edna Meyer, Frances Miller, Burnise Moore, Bettie Morgan, Selden Norris, Wilma Nichols, Ruth Norton, Louise Palmer, Winifred Parker, Roger C. Patton, George Paul, Clara B. Phillips, James Pierce, Mary Pilgrim, Portia Jeanne Platt, Elias Peshel, Dorothy Rawson, Ralph Read, Elizabeth Roynolds, Martha Rivers, Harry M. Reynolds, Catherine Robertson, Joseph Rosenfeld, Mary Lee Rowe, Thelma Sampson, Gladys Sherman, Cora Skutle, Dorothy Smith, Howard Smith, Katherine F. Smith, Alice M. Soelberg, Esther Stark, John Stehn, John Stotts, Ida May Stevenson, Adeline Tewksbury, Kellogg Thomas, Edwin Van Gorder, Mabel L. Walling, Mary Shand, Pauline Tewksbury, Donald Wilson, William Wood Jr., Leonard Winter, Margaret Noffsinger, Klella Wareham, Elinor Widner, and Elizabeth Winegar.

Condition is very good. Back cover has stuck on paper residue.  Spine shows wear at the top and bottom. No writing in this book.

Wonderful piece of Iowa history!

Immortal Hymn Writers Hymns Pictures and Biographies by Dr. J. A. Lee. First 2/3 of the book is hymns, 2 pages of photos, and 10 pages of biographies.

Softcover book measuring 5 x 8 inches with approximately 50 pages.

Good condition with some soiling and wear to covers, ink underlining and notations at the back of the book, and newspaper clipping taped inside back cover.

Antique Book.  Hand-book of Industrial Drawing for Teachers in Common Schools. Lincoln, Neb.: J. H. Miller, 1897. Second Edition. Illustrated.

Book measures 8 x 5 1/2 inches, with 130 pages. Blue cloth backed printed boards. Boards are rubbed. Signature inside cover. Pages are nice with age toning and a small tear on the edge of one page.

Ida was supervisor of drawing in public schools, Beatrice, Nebraska.

Interesting book with illustrations.

Vintage 1963 hardcover Medical Book Set.  "The New Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia For Home Use".  Compiled and edited by Robert E. Rothenberg, M.D., F.A.C.S.  Four books that come as a set.  Books are red and gray with gold lettering to the covers.

Each book measures 6.75 x 9.75 inches and are a little over 1.5 inches thick with an average of 350-400 pages per book.  Books contain symptoms, treatments, and illustrations.

Condition for all is good with very some wear shown to the covers and spines. There are also some tiny brown spots along the edges of the pages, visible when the book is closed.

Use as medical, library, or science decor.

Really nice decorative book set!

Lot of 2 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Childhood Booklets.

Common Childhood Diseases. Edition of November 1954. Measures 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches with 36 pages. Soiling and wear to covers. Really cute graphics.

Nine to Twelve. Copyright 1960. Measures 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches with 18 pages. Very good condition with light wear.

Nebraska Folklore Book.  Softcover book, with staple spine, measuring 6.25 x 9.25 inches with 32 pages. 

Written and compiled by The Nebraska Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration, Federal Works Agency.  Published by Woodruff Printing Company, Lincoln, Nebraska October, 1939.

Contents include Animal Legends, Indian Legends, Historical Legends, Place Name Stories, Cowboy Songs, Nebraska Cattle Brands, Tall Tales, and Songs About Nebraska.

Condition is very good with wear to covers, and interior pages are detached from cover, but bound. 

Nebraska Folklore Book Three.  Softcover book, stapled spine, measuring 6.25 x 9.25 inches with 31 pages. 

Written and compiled by The Nebraska Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration, Federal Works Agency.  Published by Woodruff Printing Company, Lincoln, Nebraska October, 1941.

Contents include:Pioneer Schools, Ballads, Pioneer Churches, Nebraska Songs of the '90s, The Great Blizzard, and Pioneer Dance Calls.

Condition is very good with some wear to covers and previous owners name written on title page.  Interior pages are very good with some age toning and some sentences have been underlined.

Great gift for the Nebraska history buff!

Original antique hardcover book: Stair Building Made Easy

By: Fred T. Hodgson

Published by: The Industrial Publication Company of New York

Dated: 1884

Book measures 5 1/8 inches wide x 7 1/2 inches tall, with 123 pages.

Foreword: Being a Full and Clear Description of the art of Building the Bodies, Carriages and Cases for All Kinds of Stairs and Steps.  Together with Illustrations Showing the Manner of Laying Out Stairs, Forming Treads and Risers, Building Cylinders, Preparing Strings, with Instructions for Making Carriages For Common, Platform, Dog-Legged and Winding Stairs.

To Which is Added An Illustrated Glossary of Terms used in Stair Building,and Designs for Newels, Balusters, Brackets, Stair Mouldings and Sections of Hand Rails.

Numerous illustrations throughout.

Inside first 4 pages, a previous owner has used a red hand stamp profusely. 

I believe the stamp says:

• B.O. Bjornstad
• Carpenter & Builder
• Spencer, Iowa

Original green boards.  Book is in good to very condition with some age toning, light soiling and wear to covers. Binding is tight.

Vintage 1960s First Grade Book: Teacher's resource for bulletin board ideas throughout the school year.

The First Grade Bulletin Board Guide
by Carvel and Lorita Lee
Published by T.S. Denison & Company, Inc.
Copyright 1963

For the First Grade:
Through the School Year
Holidays - Special Days
Curriculum - Activities

Book measures 8 1/2 x 11 inches with 63 pages. Condition is very good with some soiling to covers. Interior pages are excellent with no marks or tears.

Great graphics in this vintage Teacher's Guide!

Original vintage softcover book: Allmand Welding Instruction Book

Published by Allmand Brothers of Holdrege, Nebraska

Dated: Circa 1950s

Book measures 6 inches wide x almost 9 inches tall, with 63 pages.

Foreword: This book is intended to be an instruction book for arc welding.  It is written with the intention of offering instruction to those who have had little or no experience.

We will try to avoid technical terms as much as possible, and will deal primarily with the welding of various grades of iron and steel,  especially those types of iron including cast and malleable iron usually found in farm implements.

Includes some line drawing illustrations, along with a few photos.

Book is in very good condition with some age toning, light soiling and pencil writing on the cover.

Vintage and original 1951 The Little Blue College Yearbook for Fairbury, Nebraska Junior College.

This is a hardcover book measuring 8.25 x 10.75 inches with 67 pages.

Contents include:

• Administration
• Faculty
• Classes
• Athletics
• Activities

Condition is good with a few small red arrows marked on pages, pointing to various people, and some overall wear to covers.

Nice book!