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Nebraska Town Gets Bombed
“Unknown Planes Drop Six Bombs on Tarnov.” This was the headline from the Columbus Daily Telegram on August 16, 1943. The article states that, “Two unidentified planes ...
Klowns of the Koo Koo Krust
It is well known that the first Nebraska Klavern of the Ku Klux Klan was formed in Omaha in 1921. It is also known that the Klan was claiming as many as 45,000 members ...
They Have Conventions For That?
Recently I’ve been working on the collection of posters and I have to say I’ve been really impressed with what we have. We have intriguing, sometimes frightening, and ...
William Jennings Bryan and a Spanish American War Roster
If you have an interest in William Jennings Bryan’s campaigns, you are in for a treat. The Nebraska History Museum has a wonderful collection of Bryan’s campaign ...
Bryan for President in 1920?
William Jennings Bryan. NSHS RG3198-47 (photograph at left).
Ninety years ago, in the summer of 1920, Lincoln hosted a national political convention, albeit that of a ...
From I-Scream to Eskimo Pie to Edy’s Pie
On July 13, 1921, University of Nebraska graduate and former Thedford schoolteacher Christian K. Nelson found financial backing for a vanilla ice cream dessert coated ...
In Search of Lost Graves
Edmund Perry Brown died as an infant in 1870 (grave at left) and is buried in the family plot on private property in western Lancaster County.
Tombstones are not ...
Carmen the Cigarette Girl
The Nebraska History Museum is privileged to have a wonderful doll collection, which we have recently been recataloging. This one caught my eye, as it’s not every day ...
Lincoln’s Fatal Flood, July 6, 1908
This year’s rainy season has been made more tolerable, and safer, thanks to flood control initiatives over the last 60 years. But on July 6, 1908, nearly seven inches of ...
Lincoln’s Fourth of July in 1907
Photo depicts a Fourth of July parade in Lincoln circa 1895.
The Fourth of July at Capitol Beach, once a popular recreation area near Lincoln, was a “record-breaker,” ...
Lazy Days of Summer
Are you enjoying your summer as much as the boys in this photograph?
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Miss America Doll
7010-86; Source: Elizabeth Gaylord Rathburn (left).
With the Fourth of July right around the corner, I thought it would be a good excuse to show you one of the ...
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