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Sheep Ranch Photographs
These photographs provide an outstanding documentary record of ranching in northwestern Nebraska and eastern Wyoming at the end of the nineteenth century. In addition to ...
Booster Cards from Wausa, Nebraska
Wausa, Nebraska, originally named Thorson, was established in 1890. Its peak population reached a mere 754 in 1930. These postcards are typical examples of what were ...
Diamond Dick Dime Novels
Richard J. "Diamond Dick" Tanner Dime Novels
The first Beadle Dime Novel appeared in 1860 and initiated what one critic called "the greatest literary movement, in ...
Overland Emigrant Photographs
Photography was still in its infancy when emigrants began crossing the Great Plains to Oregon and California in the 1840s. Cumbersome cameras, fragile glass negatives, ...
Care, Preserve, Treat
In terms of preservation, the Ford Conservation Center in Omaha, Nebraska, is one of the state’s best-kept secrets—and we’re trying to change that! We are the only ...
Nebraska Football Spirit High in 1902
The football game between the Haskell Indian team and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
The University of Nebraska football team was on a winning streak in ...
Barns in Nebraska Territory
Few barns in Nebraska Territory were as substantial as the Elijah Filley Stone Barn, built in 1874 in Gage County. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places. ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Pumpkins on the Prairie
The Garness family pose in front of their sod home in Custer County for Nebraska photographer Solomon D. Butcher in 1887. Next to the family is a big pile of large ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, FERA Canning Center in Norfolk
Who has been doing some canning this fall? Today’s Throwback Thursday photograph features a group of men seated a table preparing beans for canning. The men worked under ...
World Day of Audiovisual Heritage, 2017
American Archives Month, October 2017
UNESCO’s World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, October 27, 2017
Audiovisual documents, such as films, radio and television ...
Celebrate Home Movie Day today!
Archives Month, October 2017
Home Movie Day is a celebration of amateur filmmaking held annually. For some, it means attending a home movie screening ...
Discover NSHS Government Records
American Archives Month, October 2017
Good news military history and genealogy enthusiasts! The indexing of the early admission case files (1887-1936) for the Grand ...
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