Vintage Books

Vintage Dedication Services 75th Anniversary Booklet for Trinity Lutheran Church at both Gilead and Gladstone, Nebraska. Dated August 16, 1959.

Contains photos of the churches and pastors, church statistics, list of confirmands for both churches, and brief church history.

Softcover booklet with stapled spine. It measures 5 1/2 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches long, with 24 pages.

Condition is very good.

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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!

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!

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!

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!

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. 

Vintage Union Pacific Railroad Centennial Coloring Book. Celebrating the driving of The Golden Spike which united our Nation.

The story of how the railroad was built and how it evolved over the years.

Book measures 8 x 10 inches with 16 pages.

Book is unused. No pages have been colored.  Condition is very good with some wear soiling to covers.

Interior pages are very good with age toning along the edges.

Nice collectible coloring book!

Vintage 1967 Nebraska State Centennial Coloring Book. Nebraska Storybook Illustrated. Honour To Pioneers Who Broke The Sods That Men To Come Might Live. Illustrated by Mr. Emerson Lamb.  Copyright 1965.

The story of how Nebraska was settled.

Official Centennial Issue

Book measures 8.5 x 11 inches with 32 pages.

No pages have been colored.  Condition is very good with some wear to covers.

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 1878-1953 Palmer, Kansas St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church 75th Anniversary History Book.  Book contains a list and photos of the charter members, history of the Church, pastor bios and photos, Sunday school photos, membership photos, gleaning from the old records, confirmation class lists and honor roll of veterans.

Book measures about 12.25 inches wide and 9 inches tall with 30 pages total.  Blue soft cover with white plastic comb spine.

Condition is good with wear and fading to covers. Interior pages are very good with some age toning and light soiling.

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.

Vintage Booklet commemorating the 75th Diamond Jubilee 1874-1949 for Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wilber, Nebraska. Soft cover book measuring about 6 inches x 9 inches with 37 pages.

Contains a history of the church, Ministers that have served, Historical dates, Names of 118 members of the church, World War II Roll of honor, sketches of previous pastors. And also has photos of the church, parsonage, ministers and group photo of the congregation.

Condition is excellent. Great piece of Wilber, Nebraska  history. Please check my shop for more Nebraska history books and memorabilia.

Vintage 1979-1980 Phelps County, Nebraska Atlas Platbook. Published by R. C. Booth Enterprises, Harlan, Iowa.

Towns include: Atlanta, Axtell, Bertrand, Elm Creek, Funk, Holdrege, Loomis, Overton, and Wilcox.

Townships include: Anderson, Center, Cottonwood, Divide, Garfield, Industry, Laird, Lake, Prairie, Rock Falls, Sheridon, Union, Westmark, West Side, and Williamsburg.

Includes landowners names. Great genealogy tool!

Softcover book measures 9.5 inches x 12.25 inches with 28 pages. Landowner index at back of book.

Condition is good with some soiling, wear, rust spots from staples, and a black spot to upper left front cover. Some pencil writing around edges of County Map.

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Vintage 1983-1984 Nuckolls County, Nebraska Atlas Platbook. Published by R. C. Booth Enterprises, Harlan, Iowa.

Towns include: Davenport, Deweese, Edgar, Fairfield, Guide Rock, Hardy, Lawrence, Nelson, Nora, Oak and Superior.

Townships include: Alban, Beaver, Blaine, Bostwick, Elk, Garfield, Hammond, Hardy, Highland, Liberty, Nelson, Nora, Saint Stephens, Sherman, Spring Creek, and Victor.

Includes landowners names. Great genealogy tool!

Softcover book measures 9.5 inches x 12.25 inches with 28 pages. Landowner index at the back of the book.

Condition is good with soiling/water damage to covers. Only first page inside front and back covers are affected by this. Otherwise inside pages are very good.

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Vintage 1974 Jefferson County Nebraska Farm Directory and Atlas. Measures 6.75 inches x 9.75 inches with 32 pages.

Contains an alphabetical listing of rural residents. Also includes a map of each of the 16 townships in Jefferson county, including: Eureka, Washington, Gibson, Plymouth, Meridian, Richland, Cub Creek, Jefferson, Lincoln, Fairbury, Rock Creek, Pleasant, Buckley, Antelope, Endicott, and Newton.

Towns include: Daykin, Diller, Endicott, Fairbury, Gladstone, Harbine, Jansen, Plymouth, Reynolds, and Steele City.

Condition is good with normal wear and some soiling from use.

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1948 Anniversary Booklet Grace Lutheran Church Fairbury, Nebraska.

• The Anniversary Services of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church.
• Fairbury, Nebraska
• The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Congregation 1923-1948.
• Sunday, the Fourteenth day of November, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Eight.

Softcover book measuring 9 inches x 6 inches with 10 pages.  Not all pages are shown in the listing.

Contains a brief history of the church, ministers and write up on the construction of the new church building. Photos of previous pastors also.

Condition is very good.

Vintage 1959 Sunflower yearbook. Published by the students of Kansas State Teachers College. Emporia, Kansas.

Hardcover book measuring 8.75 inches x 11 inches with 303 pages. Condition is very good with soiling to covers and foxing to end papers..

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1983 Jefferson County Nebraska Farm Directory Atlas. Published by Directory Service Company of Boulder, Colorado. Measures 6.75 inches x 9.75 inches with 32 pages. Contains an alphabetical listing of rural residents.

Also includes a map of each of the 16 townships in Jefferson county, including: Eureka, Washington, Gibson, Plymouth, Meridian, Richland, Cub Creek, Jefferson, Lincoln, Fairbury, Rock Creek, Pleasant, Buckley, Antelope, Endicott, and Newton.

Towns include: Daykin, Diller, Endicott, Fairbury, Gladstone, Harbine, Jansen, Plymouth, Reynolds, and Steele City.

Condition is very good with some creases to page corners. Please note:  The white circles over the phone numbers in the second photo was an edit by me to the photo only.  This does not appear in the actual book.

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1983 Jefferson County Nebraska Farm Directory Atlas. Published by Central Publishing Company. Measures 6.75 inches x 9.75 inches with 26 pages. Contains an alphabetical listing of rural residents.

Also includes a map of each of the 16 townships in Jefferson county, including: Eureka, Washington, Gibson, Plymouth, Meridian, Richland, Cub Creek, Jefferson, Lincoln, Fairbury, Rock Creek, Pleasant, Buckley, Antelope, Endicott, and Newton.

Towns include: Daykin, Diller, Endicott, Fairbury, Gladstone, Harbine, Jansen, Plymouth, Reynolds, and Steele City.

Condition is very good. Please note:  The white circles over the phone numbers in the third photo was an edit by me to the photo only.  This does not appear in the actual book.

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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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Vintage and original 1920 Senior X Ray High School Yearbook for Fairbury, Nebraska. This is a softcover book measuring about 6.25 inches x 9.5 inches tall with 48 pages.

Includes notes and photos of the senior class only, no lower classmen. Along with school faculty, local advertisers, class history etc.

Seniors include:

Lucy Adams
George Apking
Donald Bitzer
Gladys Blakesley
Dorothy Bradley
Glenn Brawner
Gertrude Catlin
Vera Clark
Glen Cornelius
Lucile Costello
Marie Cramb
Rich Epp
Clarence Franz
Ruth Gibson
Alice Gilbert
Gladys Gilmore
Kenneth Hauck
Phil Hauck
Eva Hawk
Orval Hawk
Elmer Hodges
Willa Holly
Charles Houser
Verna Lambert
Marie Liebrock
Bernice McHale
Helen McCord
Leona Morford
Marie Nagle
Mildred Norman
Helen Parker
Herbert Robb
Wanda Robinson
Genevieve Strawhacker
June Sweeney
Lois Vinson
Arthur Ward
Mildred Wells
Marie Welsh
Jimmy Wiggins

Condition is very good with some wear along edges of the covers and a few pages are lightly soiled. No torn pages.

Great piece of Nebraska history!

Vintage and original 1908 Washington, Kansas High School yearbook. "The Senior".

Softcover book with string binding. Measures about 6.5 inches wide x 9.5 inches wide. Approximately 50 pages.

Contains a list of alumni dating from 1885 up through 1907. Photos of the members of the Board of Education, photos of school staff, Senior photos, and Girls' Basketball team, and Boys' Track team. Also includes a class roll of freshman, sophomores, and juniors (no photos), and many pages of local advertising in the back of the book.

Class senior surnames include:
Barley, Creighton, Sharp, Partie, Raplee, Emmons, Yoder, Lewis, Smith, Morrow, and Geistfeldt.

Condition is good with age toning to pages and cover, light foxing to some pages, and corner and edge bumps and tears. Upper right corner corner is missing for the front cover and first few pages.

Includes school faculty photos, local advertisers, class history etc.

Great piece of Kansas history!

Vintage and original 1923 Fairbury, Nebraska High School yearbook, "The Senior X-Ray".

Includes: Senior photos, and sports team photos. Senior surnames include:

Ward, King, Frost, Vanier, Burford, Carstens, Cherry, Chorn, Clarke, Cox, Corp, Cruz, Dabner, Dawson, Distel, Eads, Evans, Ewers, Feith, Forney, Gilmore, Gobel, Gray, Greenwalt, Grissom, Halek, Hall, Hansen, Hanson, Harris, Houck, Hewitt, Holland, House, Hughes, Helvey, Hohensee, Holloway, Humberger, Jackson, Jenkins, Johnson, Knape, Leager, Lesher, McAlister, McCord, Meenan, Mendenhall, Mong, Murray, Nelson, Reid, Riley, Ritter, Schoen, Scriven, Seachord, Seemann, Shinn, Smith, Snyder, Sowers, Stepp, Stilwell, Strothman, Sturegon, Smith, Tinkham, Torrey, Walker, Walkemeyer, Weier, Wiggins, Tappan, and Zierenberg.

Softcover book measuring 7.5 inches x 11 inches with 67 pages. Lots of local advertising in the back.

Condition is very good with some soiling to covers, corner and edge tears to cover and some interior pages, also some age toning to interior pages.