Independent Photos :: Thursday December 1, 2005

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Thursday December 1, 2005

Independent/Barrett Stinson

The shovel used by President Teddy Roosevelt for the ground breaking of Grand IslandÕs Carnegie Library on April 27, 1903, was purchased that year for $1.15 at A.C. Lederman Co., a Grand Island hardware store.

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