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George Leonard

George Leonard appears quite harmless with his boyish looks and freckles. The Omaha bookkeeper was arrested for burglary on December 23, 1901. His large silk bowtie sits ...
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F. P. Robinson

F.P. Robinson attempted to pay for a glass of beer in a lower Douglas Street saloon in Omaha with a Mexican dollar on November 21, 1901. The beer cost only a nickel and ...
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Jennie Lester

Jennie Lester strikes a defiant pose in her mug shot. Lester was arrested in Phelps county for enticing to illicit intercourse in March 1914. She was sentenced to 1-3 ...
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Mary Shannon

Mary Shannon was sentenced to 2 years in the Nebraska State Prison for mayhem in May 1925. Her records do not explain what she did to be charged with mayhem. A legal ...
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James Collins

James Collins was arrested in Omaha on May 12, 1897, for burglary. In his mug shot, Collin's head has been bandaged. According to the police record, Collins escaped and ...
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Nora Courier

Meet Nora Courier, better known as "Red Nora." On March 31, 1901, Omaha police arrested Nora for stealing a horse. According to police court records, she was 22 years ...
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Bertha Liebbeke

Bertha Liebbeke earned the reputation of being one of the Midwest's most notorious pickpockets. She would search out a well-dressed man, ideally with a diamond-studded ...
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Stephen Shock

In November 1916, Shock was sentenced to two years at the Nebraska State Prison for grand larceny. According to his prison records, he enlisted in the United States Army ...
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Frank Dinsmore

A double murder rocked the tiny town of Odessa, Buffalo County on the night of December 4, 1899. Lillian Dinsmore was found dead in the kitchen of the house in which she ...
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Jim Ling

Omaha police arrested Jim Ling for operating an opium joint on June 3, 1898. The back of his mug shot lists his occupation as thief. Ling was described as 5 feet, 6 ...
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Jake Vohland

In 1931, during the depths of the Great Depression, Jake Vohland attempted to steal chickens from Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Stubblefield. The Stubblefields, however, had ...
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Ruby Fox

Ruby Fox and Myrtle Hetrick met while incarcerated at the State Reformatory for Women in York, Nebraska. Ruby was serving time for breaking and entering and Myrtle for ...
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The Nebraska State Historical Society was founded in 1878 by citizens who recognized Nebraska was going through great changes and they sought to record the stories of both indigenous and immigrant peoples. It was designated a state institution and began receiving funds from the legislature in 1883. Legislation in 1994 changed NSHS from a state institution to a state agency. The division is headed by Director Daryl Bohac. They are assisted by an administrative staff responsible for financial and personnel functions, museum store services, security, and facilities maintenance for NSHS.

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