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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 ...
Nebraska First Ladies Inaugural Ball Gowns
The wife of Nebraska's governor ("The First Lady") traditionally wears a special gown to the governor's inaugural ball, as represented by these five examples from the ...
Joseph D. Gilman Rifle
The plaque on this rifle reads: "This gun carried by Joseph D. Gilman, Falls City, Nebr. Enlisted Oct. 15, 1861, Company E, 2nd Regiment Berdan's ...
Ruth Cox
This box belonged to Ruth Cox who was born a slave on December 18, 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. After escaping from slavery around the age of 21 she attended a ...
“Omaha Charley” Bristol Collection
Donation information indicates that this turtle bone necklace belonged to Young Spotted Tail, a son of the Brule Lakota Chief Spotted Tail. Young Spotted Tail was held ...
Nebraska’s Skies Inspire Batik Map
This batik map of Nebraska was created by Lincoln artist Lilian Ibser while employed by the federal government on the Public Works of Art Program (PWAP). The PWAP was a ...
Sheldon’s World War II Posters
Addison E. Sheldon, pictured here supervising the work of Society employees, was superintendent of the Nebraska State Historical Society from 1917 to 1943. He ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Water Tower in Perkins County
Today’s Throwback Thursday photograph takes us out west to Perkins County, Nebraska. Several men work on a Burlington and Missouri Railroad water tower in about 1910. ...
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