Nebraska Library Commission employees as gangsters
Description
Rod Wagner, holding a violin case, sits on the running board of a car with a 1929 license plate; Robert Kemper, holding a shotgun, and Dorothy Lessenhop lean against the passenger side; Mary Fran Harvey stands on the other side of the hood, and Nancy Wiederspan stands with one foot on the front fender. The three women and two men are dressed as gangsters in this 5-1/2" x 4-3/4" black and white photograph. This PR photograph of Nebraska Library Commission employees was taken 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.
