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Native American Wild West Show Contracts
W. H. Barten served as a teacher at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota from 1891 to 1902, when he relocated to Gordon, Nebraska, and opened a mercantile store. ...
Exaggeration Postcards
Postcards, like photographs and moving images, have been used to document a locality's history. In rare cases, "exaggeration" postcards were used to advertise ...
“Wild Bill” Hickok Court Documents
James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837-76), a native of Illinois, relocated to Kansas in 1855 and joined the free state forces. Before and during the Civil War, Hickok ...
“Free School Advocate” Newspaper
First published by the students of Omaha High School in December of 1859, The Free School Advocate is the earliest known example of school journalism in Nebraska. The ...
Albert Lamborn Green drawings
Albert Lamborn Green (1845-1947), a Quaker, was appointed as the Indian agent for the Otoe tribe by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869. He wrote and illustrated an ...
Cheers for Miss Bishop
The Stuart Theater (140 N. 13th Street) hosted the world premiere for “Cheers for Miss Bishop” in Lincoln, Nebraska, on January 22, 1941. ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Pioneer Park Golf Course
Fore! Today’s Throwback Thursday photo takes us to the opening day of the Pioneer Park Golf Course in Lincoln, Nebraska. Teeing off in the photo are (left to right) Ted ...
Abraham Lincoln life mask
Abraham Lincoln life mask (7701-17)
This bronze sculpture is from the life mask of Abraham Lincoln that was taken by artist Leonard Volk in 1860. In 1886, a ...
Grace Abbott medal
Grace Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, in 1878. After graduating from Grand Island College in 1898, she received a master's degree in political science from ...
1928 St. Louis Cardinals baseball
1928 World Series baseball with autographs from St. Louis Cardinals team members
This baseball, signed by members of the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, ...
Unicameral Gavel
Gavel used at first Nebraska Unicameral
In the early 1930s, Nebraska U.S. Senator George Norris promoted the concept of the non-partisan, one-house legislature ...
William Clark
Indian "Commission" Signed by William Clark (1815)
This 1815 Indian commission was signed by William Clark of Lewis and Clark Expedition fame. Clark was appointed ...
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