Parking Problems in the 1920s
With the rise of the automobile came the need for parking space, an acute problem in large towns and cities in Nebraska as early as the 1920s. Journalist and press ...
Lincoln Star
What We Found
Porter, William F.
William F. Porter (1863-1945), a Populist-era Nebraska legislator and secretary of state, was described at the time of his death in 1945 as "one of the most colorful ...
Snowbound
"The passengers snowbound on the Missouri Pacific train between Eagle and Elmwood were released late Friday, but not through the clearing of the track," said the Lincoln ...
Teachers
The Omaha Daily Bee noted on October 3, 1903, that Nebraska's corps of rural school teachers was changing, both in the relative percentages of men and women teachers and ...
World War I – Sugar Shortage
"I read just a day or two ago that there was not more than fifty sacks of sugar to be had in the city of Lincoln," wrote Henry Allen Brainerd to the Lincoln Star in an ...
Liberty Bell
Besides serving as a local attraction and patriotic symbol at the two world's fairs held in Philadelphia (to celebrate the United States centennial in 1876 and ...
Funke Opera House
"The last vestiges of one of Lincoln's earliest theaters will soon disappear at the hands of a wrecking crew," reported the Lincoln Star on January 14, 1940. "The Kresge ...
Let Freedom Ring: The Liberty Bell in Nebraska
The Liberty Bell came to Lincoln in July 1915. Photo from private collection.
Besides serving as a popular attraction and patriotic symbol at the two world’s fairs ...
…Talk About the Drought! President Roosevelt Visits Nebraska Panhandle
In an earlier post we we recalled the effects of the 1890s drought in Nebraska. Unfortunately, it would not be the last. In 1936, Nebraska farmers were facing similar ...
Holiday Greetings and a Free Show
This crowd in front of the Husker Theater at 1444 O Street in Lincoln was treated to a free holiday show on December 24, 1948. Although the Husker’s ...
Snowbound on a Train
The passengers snowbound on the Missouri Pacific train between Eagle and Elmwood were released late Friday, but not through the clearing of the track.
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Selling the “‘Eat Out’ Idea” in the 1950s
American consumers today spend less of their disposable income on food than those in past decades, but statistics indicate that many of these dollars are ...
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