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Notary Public Certificate

One document certifying Omer H. Kelpe as a Notary Public dated December 19, 1938.

GLC10047.03.323

The Stars and Stripes (Vol. 1 No. 34 (May 8, 1945))

One issue of Stars and Stripes dated May 8, 1945. Headline reads, "Nazis Quit!"

GLC10047.03.324

High School Diploma

One High School Diploma for Dexter Elmer Kelpe dated May 20, 1921. Dexter graduated from the Ernst Simonsen High School of Jefferson City, Missouri. Includes a cardboard tube in which the document was stored.

GLC10047.03.325

[Metal tag holder]

One metal tag holder circa 1942-1945.A green piece of metal holding a tag. The tag includes Name, Rank, Serial Number, Squadron Number, Wall Locker Number, and Section. It is filled out for Omer H. Kelpe.

GLC10047.03.326

[Army service forces training center shoulder-sleeve insignia]

One Army service forces training center shoulder-sleeve insignia circa 1942-1945. A patch with a blue star inside a white flower shape, surrounded by blue.

GLC10047.03.327

[Matchbook]

One Red Cross matchbook circa 1942-1945. Features an advertisement for Red Cross cough drops for 5 cents. Two matches remain in the book.

GLC10047.03.328

[Plastic case]

One plastic case circa 1942-1945. A long case possible for a tooth brush.

GLC10047.03.329

[Worn coin]

One worn coin circa 1942-1945. A coin with a hole in the center. The coin is very damaged and worn so other identifying marks are gone.

GLC10047.03.330

[Alpern Nail Creme]

One container of Alpern Nail Creme circa 1942-1945. A small metal container of nail creme.

GLC10047.03.331

[pin]

One dented pin possibly denoting military rank circa 1942-1945.

GLC10047.03.332

[Shoe lace]

One Leg N Braces shoe lace in olive green circa 1942-1945. The wrapper notes them as Regulation Legging Laces.

GLC10047.03.333

[Black crayon]

One black crayon circa 1942-1945. The wrapper notes it as a USMC crayon to be used for all kinds of marking and checking purposes.

GLC10047.03.334

[Black crayon]

One black crayon circa 1942-1945. The wrapper notes it as a USMC crayon to be used for all kinds of marking and checking purposes. Wrapper is very faded.

GLC10047.03.335

"I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine!" Sticker

One round sticker wtih the text, "I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine!" printed in yellow and white font on a blue background. Printed by the New York City Health Department.

GLC10071.01

"What You Need to Know After You Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine!"

One pamphlet entitled, "What You Need to Know After You Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine!" Cover is a white outline of the Statue of Liberty with a rainbow behind her. Describes side effects of the vaccine and when the second dose should be inoculated.

GLC10071.02

"I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine!"

One button with the text, "I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine!" printed in yellow and white font on a blue background. Printed by the New York City Health Department. The Statue of Liberty is illustrated as flexing.

GLC10071.03

[Face mask used during COVID-19]

One handmade face mask used during the quarantine of the COVID-19 pandemic.

GLC10071.04

Men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima

One photograph of the U.S. servicemen who raised the flag at Iwo Jima - Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon, and John Bradley. Photo taken on May 11, 1945 in New York.

GLC10104

Jackie Robinson in his Kansas City Monarchs Uniform

One photograph of Jackie Robinson in his Kansas City Monarchs Negro League baseball uniform. That season, he played 47 games for the Monarchs at shortstop.

GLC10105

Satchel Paige in his Cleveland Indians Uniform

One photograph circa 1948 of Satchel Paige in his Cleveland Indians baseball uniform.

GLC10106

Cuban X-Giants

One photograph of the Cuban X Giants Negro league baseball team circa 1900. A group photo with twelve men. The Cuban X-Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906. They were one of the most powerful independent...

GLC10107

Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson

One photograph of Satchel Paige of the Kansas City Monarchs and Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays at the 1942 Negro League World Series.

GLC10108

Bessie Coleman

One photograph of Bessie Coleman with her airplane dated 1922. Bessie Coleman was born to a family of sharecroppers, picking cotton as a child. She became the first African-American woman (and first Native American) to hold a pilot license by earning...

GLC10109

Jesse Brown

One photograph of Midshipman Jesse L. Brown, US Navy dated October 1948. Photographed at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, while serving as a Naval Aviation Cadet. Brown was the first African American to complete Navy flight training. Jesse...

GLC10110

Kansas City Monarchs

One photograph of 1945 photograph of the Kansas City Monarchs Negro League baseball team.

GLC10111