54 Nebraskaland • December 2022
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 2000. 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.
Badger and skunk hunting, 1946
This is a photo of my father, Leonard Pelster,
taken at his farm in Elsie. He had just returned
from the service in 1946. He was successful in
shooting a badger and several skunks. Leonard
was also an avid pheasant hunter and shot two
albino pheasants, one he proudly displays in
his home in North Platte.
– Sally Borowski, Grant
Fishing at McConaughy, 1945
A picture of my mother, Ann
Richards, from Oshkosh, on the cover
of the Outdoor Nebraska magazine
from spring of 1945. She was
fishing at Lake McConaughy and
conservation officer Loron Bunney
took her photo.
– Barb Chadwick, Oshkosh
Coyote hunting by airplane, 1940s
John Zimmerman took the rest of the
men up in his airplane to chase and hunt
coyotes west of Gretna, near the Platte
River. They were very successful that day,
as you can see by all the coyotes hanging
on the wings of the plane. The men in the
hunt, from left to right: Henry Glisman,
Louie Steen, Bill Zimmerman, Henry Siert
(my grandfather), Clarence Schroeder,
and John Zimmerman.
– Bob Dickinson, Gretna
