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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 1980. 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. Photos will be returned.
Our three pits, with four men each, usually limited out by 10:30 a.m. in the 1970s. Then we would go to this garage and, with everyone
helping, the geese were cleaned in a couple hours. We did this for several days over several years with the same crew.
– Roger Boerkircher, Cozad, Nebraska
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Pictured is my dad, Homer Clemens,
of Neligh, Nebraska, returning from
checking his trapline.
Dad carried a 1911 Remington auto 12
gauge and was a crack shot. He always
brought home ducks and pheasants he
shot while trapping.
Note the year of his license plate
[1951]. He bought his first new vehicle
ever in 1950.
– Lyle Clemens, Kenesaw, Nebraska
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