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A New Calendar for the New Year
This 1914 calendar from McCool Junction in York County included a Christmas greeting. RG2856-6-3
It seems appropriate to start the New Year by putting up new ...
Holiday Greetings and a Free Show
This crowd in front of the Husker Theater at 1444 O Street in Lincoln was treated to a free holiday show on December 24, 1948. Although the Husker’s ...
Sargent and The Times
James E. McCray of Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska. NSHS RG2608-768 (at left).
The at left photograph of James E. McCray, seated in front of a newspaper office in ...
“Grandma Gabel, she brought Ralph”: Midwifery and the Lincoln Health Department
By the early 20th century, most Anglo-American women had a physician present at births. However, many rural, minority, or immigrant groups such as the Volga Germans ...
Upcoming Talk and Signing for New Book on Nov. 17
NSHS has released a new book, and you could get it signed! A Brave Soldier & Honest Gentleman: Lt. James E. H. Foster in the West, 1873-1881 features the never ...
Don Stiegert’s Hanger Machine
Yesterday, I posted a photo of a mystery machine, a recent donation to the Nebraska State Historical Society by Don Stiegert of Fremont.
It really isn’t a mystery at ...
The Santa Claus Survey, a Study in Child Psychology
Promotional button with picture of Santa Claus and slogan “Meet Me at Herpolsheimer’s,” a department store. NSHS 11571-32
In the fall of 1895 Frances E. Duncombe, a ...
School Lunches Once Provided by WCTU
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was early associated with providing food to the public, sometimes as a charitable project, sometimes to finance other ...
Afflicted with Joyrider’s Back
The first decade of the twentieth century saw growing use and acceptance of the automobile among the traveling public. The new machine rapidly replaced carriages, ...
Treasures from Nebraska Museums
The NSHS works hard to collect and preserve Nebraska history, but we don’t do it alone. Historical organizations and museums dot our ninety-three counties and contain ...
“Sane Thanksgiving” Advised by Omaha Mayor
More than a month before the official Thanksgiving holiday in 1909, the Omaha Daily News on October 24 published the plea of mayor James C. Dahlman for what he called a ...
“First Scalp for Custer” now back in print
Paul Hedren's book First Scalp for Custer: The Skirmish at Warbonnet Creek, Nebraska, July 17, 1876 is now back in print through Nebraska State Historical Society Books. ...
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