68 Nebraskaland • May 2020
PORTRAITS FROM THE PAST
Send contributions to: Portraits from the Past, Nebraskaland Magazine, P.O. Box 30370, Lincoln, NE 68503-0370. Or e-mail to Tim.Reigert@Nebraska.gov. Photos
should show people enjoying Nebraska outdoor activities, such as camping, boating, hunting or fishing, and must have been taken before 1990. We will give priority
to unusual photos or activities. When possible, please include a story about the photograph and identify the people, places and approximate date it was taken. Text
may be edited and photos adjusted for reproduction. All photos will be returned.
Here is a deer bag shot photo for Portraits from the Past. This is from 1984. Pictured from
left is Jerry Kastrap from Laurel, Chuck Hirscman (myself) from Laurel, Dale Hirschman from
Omaha, and Ron Hirschman from Laurel.
– Charles Hirschman, Coleridge
Solomon (Sam) Kufeldt, my dad's
brother, fishing in the late 1950s.
He wrote on the back of the picture
that the two catfish weighed 7½
pounds and 6½ pounds. The third
is a carp. They were caught on set
lines in the North Platte River near
Bridgeport.
A German from Russia, he
immigrated to the U.S. as a 3-year-
old in 1914. World War II veteran,
awarded Purple Heart after his
vehicle struck a mine in North
Africa. He loved to fish!
– Alex Kufeldt, Seward
