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Lovers and Guinea Pigs in the Old State Capitol
When the third and present capitol was built, the second was temporarily left in place and the new one, completed in 1932, was begun around it. ...
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 ...
The Keeley Cure for Grip
Dr. Leslie E. Keeley, 1892
Nebraska newspapers from the late nineteenth century include numerous advertisements for local Keeley hospitals or treatment centers for ...
George H. Payne and the American Valley of the Nile
George H. Payne
When Omaha businessman George H. Payne (1864-1937) formed the Payne Investment Company in the early 1910s, he launched what would become one of the ...
A Tombstone and a Blizzard
Chicago man who tried to drive a buckboard twenty miles through a blizzard on the Nebraska prairie and his narrow escape from death.
Many tales of ...
Snowbound on a Train
The passengers snowbound on the Missouri Pacific train between Eagle and Elmwood were released late Friday, but not through the clearing of the track.
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John T. Bell’s Shorthand in the Courtroom
Historian John T. Bell was also one of Nebraska’s earliest court stenographers. NSHS RG2411-384-a
Before the invention of recording and dictation machines, ...
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 ...
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