Securing a Civil War Era Sewing Kit
When collection objects are loaned from one museum to another for an exhibit, it is best practice for a condition report to be written before the object is sent away. ...
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Bombs Away
During the early morning on August 16, 1943, residents of tiny Tarnov, Nebraska, were startled from their sleep by the sound of "bombs" falling on their town.
The ...
Grand Grocery, 1942
Color photography was still relatively rare and expensive in 1942 when photographer John Vachon stopped at the Grand Grocery at 1000 P Street in downtown Lincoln. ...
A dudy is a Czech bagpipe
Here’s something to look for next time you’re in downtown Lincoln. A Czech bagpipe (known as a dudy) is pictured on the outside of a prominent building. Can you find ...
The first years of Genoa Indian Industrial School
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
During the Indian Reform movement that began in the 1860s, reformers opened boarding schools to assimilate Indigenous youth to ...
The Year Nobody Scored on the Huskers
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Husker fans love arguing about whether the 1971 or 1955 championship team was the greatest in school history. But one year the Cornhuskers ...
Treating Douglas County Field Notes
Paper Conservator, Hilary LeFevere, recently completed treatment on two record books of survey field notes for Douglas County, Nebraska. Both books were in need of ...
History Nebraska Receives $350,000 Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant
The National Park Service has awarded $350,000 from the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant to History Nebraska (P22AP01544). The State Historic Preservation Office ...
First radio broadcast of a Husker football game, Nov. 5, 1921
Long before Lyell Bremser first shouted “Man, woman, and child, did that put ’em in the aisles!,” Pittsburgh radio station KDKA made Husker history on November 5, 1921, ...
Where are the Sites?
One of the primary responsibilities of the Nebraska State Archeology Office (SAO), as dictated through the Nebraska Archeological Resources Preservation Act ...
Thanksgiving at the Fort, 1939
Fort Robinson served as the army’s “Remount Depot,” providing trained horses and mules for the troops. The fort’s holiday feasts were an occasion for dress uniforms and ...
Turkey Day in Holdrege
We have film of live turkeys being thrown from a rooftop in Holdrege in 1939. The Turkey Day promotion had a simple rule: any turkey you caught was yours to cook for ...
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