From left to right: Mary Fran Harvey, Rod Wagner, Robert Kemper, Dorothy Lessenhop, and Nancy Wiederspan stand around a car with a 1929 license plate in front of a wood-frame garage. The three women and two men are dressed in gangster costumes; Kemper holds a shotgun and Wagner a violin case. The 4-1/4" x 4" black and white photograph of Nebraska Library Commission staff members was taken for PR purposes when the Commission moved from the Capitol building to 1420 P Street in Lincoln.
At the time the photograph was taken, Mary Fran Harvey was the Assistant Director for Library Development); Rod Wagner was Planning, Evaluation and Research Coordinator, (Wagner became the Commission's Director in 1988); Robert Kemper was the Director; Dorothy Lessenhop was NLC Assistant Director of Library Operations; and Nancy Wiederspan was NLC Community Information Specialist for the Elderly. The Commission was located in the basement of the building at 1420 P Street and titled their news publication as "Overtones from the Underground" hence the gangster outfits. The Commission Offices moved again in 1993 to 1200 N Street.
