The Search for Better Babies
"If better live stock, why not better babies?" asked a member of the Grange in the pages of the Farm Journal (Philadelphia) in December of 1913. It was a natural ...
Emanuel Wolfe
What We Found
Wolfe, Emanuel, Photographer
Nebraska merchant and photographer Emanuel Wolfe (1858-1933) used a camera to record images of his changing life in a diary of photographs. Over the course of ...
Lazy Days of Summer
Are you enjoying your summer as much as the boys in this photograph?
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“Women, High Living, and Diamonds” for Omaha’s Bartenders
Omaha in 1886 boasted about 150 saloons manned by a host of bartenders who ministered to the city’s thirst for beer and hard liquor. The Omaha Bee on September 26, 1886, ...
Timeline Tuesday: Better Baby Contests
Caption: Photographer Emanuel Wolfe depicted several finalists in a Nebraska better baby contest, each wearing a prize ribbon. NSHS RG2836.PH0-532
"If ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Neligh Race Car
Today’s Throwback Thursday photo has our motor running. Two unidentified young men pose with their souped up Essex Motors automobile on the dirt race track in Neligh, ...
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