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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Center stage: Spotlight on costume designer
- Cindy Lange-Kubick
- Sep 19, 2015
- Sep 19, 2015 Updated Oct 28, 2019
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Phyllis Blanke and her daughter, Annette Hinrichs, stroll through period dresses in the costume library at the Elder Theater Center at Nebraska Wesleyan Friday.
- AMBER BAESLER/Lincoln Journal Star

LINCOLN, NEB - 9/17/2015 - Cover of the program for the dedication of the Phyllis Blanke Costume Collection at Nebraska Wesleyan. CINDY LANGE-KUBICK/Lincoln Journal Star
- Lincoln Journal Star
Costume technologist Barbra Keating (left) introduces herself to Phyllis Blanke in the costume library at the Elder Theater Center at Nebraska Wesleyan Friday.
- AMBER BAESLER/Lincoln Journal Star
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Phyllis Blanke and her daughter, Annette Hinrichs, stroll through period dresses in the costume library at the Elder Theater Center at Nebraska Wesleyan Friday.
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LINCOLN, NEB - 9/17/2015 - Cover of the program for the dedication of the Phyllis Blanke Costume Collection at Nebraska Wesleyan. CINDY LANGE-KUBICK/Lincoln Journal Star
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Costume technologist Barbra Keating (left) introduces herself to Phyllis Blanke in the costume library at the Elder Theater Center at Nebraska Wesleyan Friday.
- AMBER BAESLER/Lincoln Journal Star
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