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Timeline Tuesday: Artificial Stone
The real beginnings of the modern concrete block industry did not begin until the advent of Harmon S. Palmer's cast-iron machine for making such blocks, patented in ...
Marker Monday: Franklin Academy
Location
Park Dr, Franklin, Franklin County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 40.101066, -98.95265
View a map of all Nebraska historical markers, click ...
Women of the Great War: WWI Posters
By David L. Bristow, Editor
World War I was fought not only with weapons but also with pictures and words. After the United States declared war on Germany in April ...
Honoring History Makers at the NSHS Annual Meeting
Join us in Omaha on Thursday, October 12, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m., to recognize individuals who’ve made history by helping to preserve it.
This year’s NSHS 2017 Annual ...
Thomas E. Kimball Collection
The Kimball family celebrate 4th of July at their home in Wakefield, Nebraska, ca. 1900. (RG5212.PH2-11)
The Thomas E. Kimball Collection provides a unique view of ...
Archeology of Nebraska’s Territorial Period (1854-1867)
Looking for a new outlook on our territorial history? See what archeology reveals about the new people who came into Nebraska beginning in 1854. Five territorial-era ...
Square Dance outfits
Joan (Hees) Clare and Lloyd Hees of Lincoln wore these typical square dance outfits of the 1980s and 1990s. Couples coordinated their outfits through matching fabric ...
Thomas Palmerton paintings
Thomas Palmerton of Brownville painted these works of art. Palmerton, also known for his sculpture, graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1959, and worked as ...
Katherine Enevold Grunwald quilts
Tulip Applique QuiltNSHS 13046-1
Lavender Flowers in a PotNSHS 13046-3
Trip Around the World quiltNSHS 13046-2
Kathrine Enevold Grunwald ...
White Horse Ranch memorabilia
Cal and Ruth Thompson, 1938 (RG1714.PH21)
In 1917 twin brothers Cal and Hudson Thompson from West Point, Nebraska, bought a white stallion, "Old King," ...
Charles R. “Joe” Sterling
Charles R. "Joe" Sterling, raised near Weeping Water, Nebraska, joined the U.S. Navy in the late 1950s. In January 1968 he was a crew member on the ...
Nebraska Cigar Boxes
Employees at Ross & Dryson Cigar Factory, Lincoln, Nebraska (RG2158.PH9-15)
Cigar making and cigar smoking in Nebraska reached their pinnacle shortly after the ...
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