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Restoring Nebraska’s Suffrage History
As you've no doubt heard by now, the Nebraska History Museum is celebrating the opening of a new exhibit later this month. The Ford Conservation Center helped to restore ...
Bombs Away
During World War II, the US Army Air Force would practice bombing runs in preparation for battle. They had designated bombing ranges where pilots could drop the bombs ...
Nebraskans react to moon landing, July 20, 1969
July 20, 2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing. Here at History Nebraska, we’ve looked through some of our microfilmed newspapers to see what ...
What happened when a million Nebraskans drank Polio Punch
In 1962 Nebraskans organized the largest mass vaccination campaign in the state’s history. An estimated 1 million Nebraskans drank polio vaccine at a series of “Sabin ...
Nebraska State Historic Preservation Board to Review National Register of Historic Places Nominations
For more information on the National Register of Historic Places program in Nebraska, contact the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office at History Nebraska at ...
Restoring Willa Cather’s Attic Bedroom Wallpaper
Recently, Hilary LeFevere, Paper Conservator at our Ford Conservation Center, and Megan Griffiths, Technician, spent the week in Red Cloud, NE, working with the National ...
An Introduction to Nebraska Certified Local Governments
Every community has important historical resources and an irreplaceable historic character. Communities that participate in the Certified Local Government Program have ...
Trash to Treasure
This Great Depression Era hand-painted ad for Advo Coffee was in bad shape when it arrived at our Ford Conservation Center.
It was split into pieces, warped, and ...
“What’s happened to our teenagers?” Elvis in Nebraska
Why is this young man all shook up? Elvis Presley performed at the University of Nebraska Coliseum on May 19, 1956, and at the Omaha Civic Auditorium the next day. This ...
Two Nebraska Locations Added to National Register of Historic Places
History Nebraska is pleased to announce two Nebraska locations have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Albion Carnegie Library and the Oakland ...
A Brush with Infamy
The staff at History Nebraska, including staff at the Ford Center, have spent the last year or so talking a lot about "curiosity". We've had workshops and discussions ...
Was J. Sterling Morton a racist? Here’s what the Arbor Day founder said and did.
By David L. Bristow, Editor, Nebraska History
(Originally posted March 29, 2019)
On one level this is an easy question. Yes. Blatantly. In a loud and ...
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