Kerker Photos: Nemaha Co. NEGenWeb

NEMAHA CITY PHOTOS

The pictures described below have been furnished by Earl Kerker of East Dubuque, IL. He had preserved these after the deaths of his relatives in Nemaha. Below each is his description. Mr. Kerker lived in Nemaha during his boyhood, and has good memories to share of those times as well as pictures taken long before the 1930s. Some of those memories have been published in an article he furnished to the Brownville Historical Society. That issue can be found in the Nemaha Library. It was in Vol 39, No. 2, Fall 1996, of the Society's publication.

MAIN STREET, NEMAHA, NEBRASKA.

"The street scene shows, starting with the restaurant operated by Uncle Will; the City Meat Market operated by Grandpa Kerker; the post office where my Aunt May was later postmistress; Gilbert's store where Uncle Louie worked and later owned with Uncle Fay and operated as Kerker Brothers; the bank where Uncle Fay worked at one time; a building that housed a Library; and the building that housed the millinery shop, but no longer used." Description by Earl Kerker. (Ed. note: Grandpa Kerker was Peter Kerker, uncles Louie and Fay were Louis Kerker ad H. Fay Kerker. Aunt May was May (Kerker) Roberts.)

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MAIN STREET, Photos

BUSINESS MEN IN 1890, NEMAHA, NEBRASKA.

These are many of the business men of the town of Nemaha in 1890. "The names, standing, left to right are Jim Bennett, John Crother, Dr. Keeling, Birl Hoover, Stephen Gilbert, Wray Taylor, Frank Woodward, Jim Miller, Albert Titus, W. W. Sanders, Andrew Aynes, Jim Dryden, Andrew Jarvis, George Neal; front row, Peter Kerker (my grandfather), George Skeen, Joshua Hoover, Joe Littrell, John Sanders, Tom Finch, Dr. Gaither, Jerry Colerick, Henry Williams. Ed Bourne, Dave Morton, Ed Maxwell."

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BUSINESSMEN IN 1890, Photos

LARGE RABBIT HUNT IN NEMAHA, NEBRASKA.

"The picture with all the rabbits has the caption "1204 rabbits shot, December 22, 1911, Nemaha, Neb." In the photo: 1. ?, 2. ?, 3. Uncle Will Kerker, 4. ?, 5. Dr. P. D. Kelly, 6. ?, .... 20. Earl Kerker, Sr. (note: Earl Kerker's father was Earl Kerker, Sr., P. D. Kelly was identified by Cheryl McConnell)

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RABBIT HUNT, Photos

SOME STUDENTS OF NEMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1932

This picture is of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students in the Nemaha School in 1932. Mr. Kerker could not remember them all, but gives the following names: Front row, L to R: Norma Kelly, ?, ?, ?, ?, Raymond Clifton, Richard Knapp, Wesley Schrader, Alex Smith, Ezra Roberts. Second row, Esther Dickerson, teacher; Earl Kerker, Marion King, - Leslie, Helen Johnson, Carmen Embree, - Clifton, Grace Barker, Barton Kerker, Barbara Dressler. Third row, Reed Embree, - Curtright, ?, Albert Allen, Ross McCandless, Leonard Moore, Jim Rider, ?, Lawrence Stiles. Fourth row: Jean Handley, ?, Carl Millhouse, ?, Richard Tanner, ?, Wendell Handley, ?, Florence Stiles.

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SOME STUDENTS OF NEMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOL, Photos

BUTCHER SHOP, NEMAHA, NEBRASKA.

"The storm scene shows my grandfather's butcher shop and my uncle's restaurant after the 1902 storm". (from Earl Kerker's other info, this would be the City Meat Market owned by Peter Kerker, and and the restaurant owned by uncles Louis and Fay H. Kerker.)

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BUTCHER SHOP, Photos

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