Mothers Day in 1909
In the United States the celebration of the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day dates to efforts by Anna Jarvis to establish such a day honoring her own and other ...
Lincoln Daily Star
What We Found
Flies and Livery Stables
The presence of horses in Nebraska towns and villages during the decades when they were necessary for transportation resulted in public health problems. One of the most ...
Bryan for President in 1920?
Lincoln has seldom been the site of a national political convention, but in July 1920 it hosted such a meeting. "Dry Convention Comes to Order 'to Bury Booze,'" reported ...
Bryan for President in 1920?
William Jennings Bryan. NSHS RG3198-47 (photograph at left).
Ninety years ago, in the summer of 1920, Lincoln hosted a national political convention, albeit that of a ...
At Work, Five Miles a Day, On a Scooter, In a Pipe?
If you asked most Americans what “traveling the hard way” was, what sort of answers would you get? Biking? Walking? Swimming? At NSHS, we have discovered another method ...
Celebrating Mother’s Day
This picture postcard depicts an unidentified mother and baby about 1910.
In the United States the celebration of the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day dates to ...
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