The David Garrison family in front of their house in Custer County, Ne...
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J.B. Davis, near Ansley, Custer County, Nebraska.
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O. Gordon and family, Merna, Nebraska
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Scott Hannah, bachelor at Dale, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Reverend William McCaslin house, known as the "Preacher Home," in Ros...
summary: Photographer's annotation: "S.D. Butcher & T.J. Butcher slept in this sod shack one night on the floor on a pallet of straw where there was about 'steen' hundered fleas to every inch of their anatomy... More
J.C. Tobias family in front of sod house, Sargent, Nebraska
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Joseph Exley (Ehley), West Union.
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Nebraska Farmers - Adamson E. Sargent
summary: Photographer's note: "One of the active men in getting $50,000 worth of work done on an irrigation ditch on the north side of the Middle Loup River, 45 miles long that was never completed..." See Inve... More
W.R. Swan, near Genet Post Office, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Nebraska Farmers - "East Custer County."
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Senator Ottun and Family, Round Valley, Custer Count, Nebraska.
summary: A note on the back of the prints state "very prominent pioneer". Please note that the children wear clothing made of the same material. original size: 6x8
Mr. Todd, one mile east of West Union, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Nebraska Farmers - Custer County, Nebraska.
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Frank Moore, Sargent, north Custer County, Nebraska.
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The Shores family near Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: Pictured (l - r): Minerva (with the infant), Rev. Marks, Rachel and her husband Jerry and their son, Jim Shores. The younger members of the family were noted musicians. See additional information. o... More
"Ever Vigilant South of West Union." Westerville, Nebraska.
summary: Note: C.H. LaForge, located northwest about 6 miles of Westerville. Identified by J.P. Bookman, Broken Bow, Nebraska, October 24, 1932. Mr. Bookman is the center man. Note also the hunter on the lef... More
Douglass Grove or Old Wescott, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Fellows family near Sargent, Nebraska
summary: Note the collection of plows, including a breaking plow, pictured in the background. Also note the photographer's wagon in the upper right of the photograph original size: 6x8
Nebraska Farmers - Custer County, Nebraska.
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Farm of W.W. Potts, Cat Creek, Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: Note: "See Butcher's History." Also note the clothes line attached to the sod house. original size: 6x8
Family in front of a farmhouse in eastern Custer County, Nebraska.
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Family members and cattle on a ranch in the Ortello Valley, Custer Cou...
summary: Note: The dwelling in the back ground may be made of adobe, not sod. original size: 6x8
Threshing with horses in Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: In the original inventory lists this plate as RG2608-722(0). The plate and print, however, were numbered RG2608-722(a). Because there is not a print for the image listed in that invetory as RG2608-7... More
Bridge brothers' ranch, importers of Englishshire horses.
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Nebraska Farmers - Custer County, Nebraska.
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Nebraska Farmers - Custer County, Nebraska.
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James G. Amsbury, near Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: Photographer's note: Afterward editor of Mason City paper for years. People in photo are: Norton Amsberry and Green Amsberry on Ansley township. Identified by A.W. Davis, Mason City, October 17, 1932... More
L.F. Pringle, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Nebraska Farmers - Custer County, Nebraska.
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Ranch north of Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Near West Union, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Family in front of the Caywood house at Broken Bow, Nebraska.
summary: Note: A pregnant woman appears in this picture. original size: 6x8
Lance Reed, Merna, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Nebraska Farmers - "Country Lassies"
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East Custer County, Nebraska.. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...
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North Custer County, Nebraska.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
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Cattle raising in west Custer County, Nebraska.
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Frank Thomas, Merna, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Northwest Custer County, Nebraska.
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Milburn family in front of their farm home, Dawson County, Nebraska.
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Family with their sod house in northwest Custer County, Nebraska.
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East Custer County, Nebraska.. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...
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Cattle ranch in northwest part of Custer County, Nebraska.
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W.B. Athey, Gates, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Southwest Custer County, Nebraska.
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Family in front of sod house dugout in southwestern Custer County, Neb...
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R. Young, southwest Custer County, Nebraska.
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James Wallace, Amherst, Buffalo County, Nebraska.
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The Quisenbury Ranch on the Snake River in Cherry County, Nebraska.
summary: Note: "The fiddler sitting in fron t drove 85 miles to furnish music for dance." Photographer's notation. original size: 6x8
N.C. Dunlap, ex-cowboy, graduate of Nebraska Agricultural School and f...
summary: Note: Dunlap is dressed to participate in an old settlers day parade. He appeared with horns on his head and the hooves up his sleeves as the only real "cow-boy" at the event. See the reminiscence pu... More
Man and woman with cattle and horses on a ranch in Cherry County, Nebr...
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Ranch, Cherry County, Nebraska.
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Stereograph of Al Wise branding a cow with "Old Blue", his horse, nea...
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Jacob Lahm family in front of their farmhouse, near Sumner, Dawson Cou...
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Cattle ranch, Dawson County, Nebraska.
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David Downey ranch, Georgetown, Custer County, Nebraska, on the South ...
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Jacob Lahm family in front of their farmhouse, near Sumner, Dawson Cou...
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Blain Grow, a young tenderfoot on the Flagg Ranch , South Loup, Nebras...
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House of A.G. Staerlen, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska
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J.S. Sizer, Miller, Buffalo County, Nebraska.
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Barn on the W.G. Fredrick Ranch, Kearney, Nebraska
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Family in front of J.D. Curd's farmhouse, Amherst, Buffalo County, Neb...
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Prairie settlement - Joe Dehm, Sartoria, Nebraska.
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Henry Hartmen, Sartoria, Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: Photographer's note: "Sent to pen in 1904 for stealing cattle." original size: 6x8
Kearney Industrial School boys working in a potato field, Kearney, Neb...
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Oscar Middlekauff in a field on his farm near, Lexington, Nebraska, Da...
summary: Photographer's note: "A 'jack leg' lawyer, who skipped the country in disgrace in 1905." original size: 6x8
Grassmyer and Smith residences, Kearney, Nebraska.
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Cattle and horses at Buzzard Roost Canyon near Eddyville, Nebraska
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Frank Dority - steam threshing machine ready to move north of Shelton,...
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F.J. Wharton, near Wood River, Nebraska.
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Sod and frame house. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
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North Custer County, Nebraska.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
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Stillman Gates in front of his store and postoffice at Gates, Custer C...
summary: Note: The parties in this picture are (l to r): Mrs. Harry Swick (holding the child) (later Mrs. Shenkley), O.L. Swick, Mrs. John McGrew, Mrs. Gates, Mr. Gates, Tommy Laughran, Henry. original size: 6x8
Mike Shroat, Jefferson, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Farm of Gus Cosler, West Union, Custer County, Nebraska
summary: Note: "He is known as very old settler in Nebraska, 1886." original size: 6x8
Jim Gates threshing crew near Gates P.O., Custer County, Nebraska.
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George W. Heaselgrave, Amherst, Buffalo County, Nebraska
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Burow family near Merna, Nebraska
summary: On 14 September 1984, Vernon L. Souders provided the following identification: Left to right: MacWorthy, a friend of the family; Laura Helen (Thomas) Burrow (1860-1943); Cora Anna Burrow (1881-1945) ... More
Conners family, near Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska.
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"Everything We Hold Dear" east Custer County, Nebraska
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Early soddy, near Ansley, Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: Inscription on another photo reads: "The Widow Long, West Union, C.C." Since Butcher identified the location as Ansley, this location will be used instead of West Union until research proves otherwise.... More
H. Bathrick Family on Victoria Creek near New Helena, Nebraska.
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J. Dye, Woods Park, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Ike Bentley, near Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: A note on one of the prints states: "Northeast of Sargent 4 miles. Grandpa and Grandma Bentley (Grandpa served in war of 1812); Mr. and Mrs. Ike Bentley." original size: 6x8
Large threshing crew near Berwyn, Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: Note: Berwyn, Nebraska, can be seen in the background. original size: 6x8
"A Day on the Farm." East Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: Note the wind-blown dust in the background. original size: 6x8
"The Old Sod House and the New." The Jacob Graff house near West Union...
summary: William Garlock (only seen on the earliest print) is standing to the far left. "The old sod house and the new, Custer County, 1888.". For more, see additional information and Butcher's PIONEER HISTORY... More
Nebraska Farmers - Custer County, Nebraska.
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Family on ranch in eastern Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: Note the horse in the right middle foreground that has been roped and tied. original size: 6x8
Nebraska Farmers - Custer County, Nebraska.
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Farm scene in Custer County, Nebraska.
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J. M. Hale, two miles south and one-quarter mile east of Berwyn, Custe...
summary: Identified by James Lee, Joe Penistory, C. C. Junker, all of Berwyn, Nebraska, October 19, 1932. Also identified by Otto Evans original size: 6x8
Family in farmyard in Custer County, Nebraska.
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East Custer County, Nebraska.. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...
summary: Note: Two of the girls are wearing the same dress and have the same sun bonnets. A large water tank stands next to the windmill original size: 6x8
E.U. Powell, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Moses Speese near Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska.
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John Meek, northeast Anselmo, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Nebraska Farmers - Custer County, Nebraska.
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Family in front of small one-story frame house in northern part of Cus...
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Lance Reed family, Merna, Custer County, Nebraska.
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