Black and white postcard (14 x 9 cm.) with an exterior view of the William von Dohren, Jr. residence in Millard, Nebraska. The residence is a large, two-story house with a front porch surrounded by large trees. The number 55 is in the lower left-hand corner.
Millard, Nebraska, where this house was situated, was named for pioneer banker Ezra Millard who platted the town. It was officially established on February 1, 1871. Ezra Millard was born in Hamilton, Ontario, February 3, 1833 and died August 20, 1886, in Saratoga Springs, NY. He settled in Omaha in 1856 and began a real estate firm and branched out into banking. Mr. Millard was a noted banker, real estate developer and philanthropist. Source: Morton, J. Sterling, Illustrated History of Nebraska, Lincoln: Jacob North & Company, c1907, p. 309-10.
