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“We the People: Nebraska Stories of Civil Rights” Video on YouTube
Check out the NSHS’s new video on YouTube!
During the Nebraska History Museum’s "We the People": The Nebraska Viewpoint exhibit, visitors were invited to tell their ...
Treasures from the Nebraska History Museum in Nebraska History News
George Churley with Stumpy and Deputy Duke, two of the original Cartoon Corral puppets.
Not too long ago, we featured “Treasures from Nebraska Museums” in ...
Nebraska Photographers in Convention
Members of the Nebraska Photographers Association in Lincoln Park on May 14, 1903. NSHS RG2158-549
"Lincoln today and for several days will be in the hands of the ...
Artistry in Butter
These statues, entitled Friends, by J. E. Wallace, were composed of lard. NSHS RG2158-15-1
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, butter art was ...
How is this varnish can tied to the founding of Lincoln?
This early twentieth century varnish can was donated to the NSHS.
This is an Autograph brand pure oil can from Western Glass and Paint Company, circa ...
Mr. Bryan’s Place in the Sun
It was Notification Day, and Bryan would receive official confirmation that, for the third time, he was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president of the United ...
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 ...
The Prohibition Party’s 1920 Dream Ticket: W. J. Bryan and Billy Sunday
Prohibition was the law of the land by 1920, but the Prohibition Party was still uneasy. As the presidential campaign season got underway, they feared that neither a ...
Memorial Stadium’s Roots in World War I
Postcard depicting Memorial Stadium from March 15, 1934. [RG2133.PH000012-000199]
Memorial Stadium on the University of Nebraska campus in ...
NSHS 136th Annual Awards Presentation
NSHS awards honorees, from left to right: David Levy, Rebecca Anderson, John Swigart, Nancy Gillis, Sen. Jerry Johnson, Sen. Jeremy Nordquist, Dr. LuAnn Wandsnider, Dr. ...
The Nebraska State Capitol’s Roots in World War I
Lowering the stone into place at the cornerstone ceremony of the third Nebraska State Capitol on November 11, 1922. RG1234-71-84
The Armistice marking the ...
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