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Mr. Bryan’s Place in the Sun
It was Notification Day, and Bryan would receive official confirmation that, for the third time, he was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president of the United ...
Getting to know county history books
Are you a genealogist or historical researcher? Recently the Ohio History Connection (formerly the Ohio Historical Society) posted a helpful article, “Getting to Know ...
We can’t win all fights
The Clarinda, 2014, courtesy of Ruben Acosta.
It is a sad truth: not every historic building can be saved. This was made evident on July 1st as the Omaha City ...
How is this varnish can tied to the founding of Lincoln?
This early twentieth century varnish can was donated to the NSHS.
This is an Autograph brand pure oil can from Western Glass and Paint Company, circa ...
Thayer County’s Fair at Deshler Began in 1913
Thayer County Fair on main street of Deshler in 1913. NSHS RG2719-7-6
“The Thayer County Agricultural society was organized in Deshler last week,” said the Omaha ...
Beatrice Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
Before automobiles and radios made the world a smaller place, it could be challenging for adults in rural areas to gain access to the kinds of cultural and educational ...
Fred Pickering, a World War I Doughboy from Ulysses
New recruits at the Saunders County Courthouse in Wahoo, ready to depart for Camp Funston, Kansas. Like Fred Pickering, many Nebraska soldiers received training at Camp ...
The Delzell Family of Peru, Nebraska
William Newton Delzell, Dean of the Nebraska State Normal School at Peru, Nebraska, from 1921-1938.
William Newton Delzell (1868-1940) was Dean of the Nebraska ...
Wahoo in World War I: The Photographs of Arthur L. Anderson
World War I began in Europe with a chain of events arising from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife. They were killed in Sarajevo on ...
Dividing Holt County
Holt County, with its 2,418 square miles of territory, is one of Nebraska’s largest counties. Its size caused many bitter fights over county ...
Through the Lens of Wallace Rhodes
Family portrait of John Wallace Rhodes (commonly called Wallace), his wife Rubina "Ruby" Rhodes, and their daughter Phyllis J. Rhodes [RG1900.PH3-7]
Phyllis Rhodes ...
Artistry in Butter
These statues, entitled Friends, by J. E. Wallace, were composed of lard. NSHS RG2158-15-1
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, butter art was ...
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