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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. ...
What have we been doing all year?
If you want the lowdown on what the Nebraska State Historical Society has accomplished in the past year, our Annual Report is now online.
By "past year" we mean the ...
“Women, High Living, and Diamonds” for Omaha’s Bartenders
Omaha in 1886 boasted about 150 saloons manned by a host of bartenders who ministered to the city’s thirst for beer and hard liquor. The Omaha Bee on September 26, 1886, ...
Chadron’s First Kindergarten
First kindergarten at Chadron, 1893-94. NSHS RG3340-3-25
When Chadron’s first kindergarten was opened in the fall of 1893, the teacher, Miss Elizabeth “Bess” ...
Scopes Wasn’t the First: Nebraska’s 1924 Anti-Evolution Trial
Nebraska had its own anti-evolution trial nearly seven months before the famous Scopes trial opened in Tennessee. “Darwin and Genesis fought out a battle in District ...
Nebraska Cowboys of the Open Range
The American cowboy has come to symbolize bravery, justice, and the nostalgic freedom of the Wild West. But real cowboys didn’t spend all their time fighting bandits and ...
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