- WHAT: Julius and Hilda Kirmse family visiting relatives in Nebraska
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Julius Henry Kirmse, Hilda Ida (Brunken) Kirmse, UnIdentified, Annie (Peterssen) Hagelman, UnIdentified, UnIdentified, UnIdentified
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Dale William Kirmse, UnIdentified, UnIdentified
- WHEN: November 1941
- WHERE: Nebraska
- SOURCE: UnKnown
- NOTES: Any help in identifying people in this snapshot will be appreciated.
- WHAT: Visiting relatives in Nebraska
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: UnIdentified, UnIdentified, UnIdentified, UnIdentified, UnIdentified, Annie (Petersen) Hagelman, UnIdentified, UnIdentified, UnIdentified, UnIdentified, Hilda Ida (Brunken) Kirmse
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Norma Jean Petersen ?, Johanna (Plath) Brunken
- WHEN: November 1941
- WHERE: Nebraska
- SOURCE: Judy Yordi
- NOTES: Any help in identifying people in this snapshot will be appreciated.
- WHAT: Dale Kirmse with his Great-Grandmother Brunken
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Dale William Kirmse, Johanna (Plath) Brunken
- WHEN: November 1941
- WHERE: Nebraska
- SOURCE: Dale Kirmse
- WHAT: Visiting Johanna (Plath) Brunken and relatives in Columbus, Nebraska.
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Carrol Otto Brunken, Johanna (Plath) Brunken, Norma Jean Petersen?, Hilda Ida (Brunken) Kirmse
- Front: Dale William Kirmse
- WHEN: November 1941
- WHERE: Columbus, Nebraska.
- SOURCE: Donna Martin
Backstory
A backstory to our visit to Nebraska in November of 1941 is: The Studebaker dealer made an attractive offer to my father on a new car to clear inventory and make room for the next year models. Dad purchased the car and thus we had a new vehicle to travel to Nebraska. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor the week after we got back home and civilian production was converted to support the war effort – the dealer never received 1942 model cars. We did have a reliable car for the war years, but with the rationing of fuel, tires, etc, our family was not able to make another trip to Nebraska.