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Back in Print – “Eyewitness at Wounded Knee”
NSHS RG2845-13-6 (at left).
Never before has the story of the Wounded Knee Massacre been so clearly and movingly presented. Three Nebraska State Historical Society ...
Hedwig Rosenberg’s Persian Lamb Coat
11588-263 (photograph at left).
The Nebraska History museum has a collection of clothing that spans almost 150 years. Some of these items have important stories to ...
The Value of a Simple Work Shirt
Think about the clothes you save–what are they? Chances are your family saves things like wedding dresses, christening gowns, military uniforms and other fancy or ...
Souvenir Spoons
Collecting souvenir spoons became a popular hobby for Americans in the late 1800s. Wealthy tourists visiting Europe brought home these mementos marked with the names of ...
Dan Desdunes and the Birth of Omaha Jazz
A 1924 event in Wilber, Nebraska, featured “Dan Desdune’s Band and Minstrel Show of Omaha. Colored Entertainers Supreme.” RG813-445 (at left).
Dan Desdunes lived a ...
Pests on the Plains: The Potato Bug
Solomon D. Butcher’s photograph from about 1905 depicted boys working in a sweet potato field at the State Industrial School in Kearney. NSHS RG2608-749 (at ...
International Religious Leader Visits Nebraska
The Bahá’í Faith was founded by Bahá’u'lláh in 19th-century Persia. `Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas (1844-1921), eldest son of Bahá’í founder Bahá’u'lláh, became the ...
Newly Discovered Diary Tells of Building the Transcontinental Telegraph
The transcontinental telegraph was a remarkable technological feat that had major consequences for the West and the nation as a whole. Yet relatively little has been ...
The Military Career of Butler B. Miltonberger
Born in North Platte in 1897, Butler B. Miltonberger began his military service as a private in June of 1916, when the National Guard was mobilized during the Mexican ...
For Whom The Bell Tolls
In the early 1900s, this bell was used on a homestead in Otoe County to call farmhands to meals. In the 1920s, it was used by WJAG radio announcer, and future Nebraska ...
The Filley Ladies Aid Society Fundraising Quilt
8636-1, Source: Mrs. K.L. McGill, Lindsborg, Kansas A (right).
Recently, I’ve begun researching fundraising quilts. Many typical fundraising quilts have names ...
Wait A Minute Mr. Postman…
Before the Rural Free Delivery (RFD) mail system was developed, farm families had to pick up their mail in the nearest town which could be hours or days away. RFD ...
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