Square Dance outfits
Joan (Hees) Clare and Lloyd Hees of Lincoln wore these typical square dance outfits of the 1980s and 1990s. Couples coordinated their outfits through matching fabric ...
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What We Found
Timeline Tuesday: Artificial Stone
The real beginnings of the modern concrete block industry did not begin until the advent of Harmon S. Palmer's cast-iron machine for making such blocks, patented in ...
Discover the Audiovisual Collection
October is Archives Month
You may know History Nebraska for its outstanding collections of photographs, manuscripts and public records, library materials or museum ...
Nebraska Football Spirit High in 1902
The football game between the Haskell Indian team and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
The University of Nebraska football team was on a winning streak in ...
Recent Awards and Honors
It's been a busy autumn! In recent weeks the NSHS has recognized the generosity of a major donor, honored history makers at our annual banquet, and received a Nebraska ...
Timeline Tuesday: U.S. Weather Bureau in 1890s Nebraska
The U.S. Weather Bureau was established by an act of Congress on October 1, 1890. It took over the weather service that had been established in the office of the Chief ...
A Seat of Honor
The oak chair that had been sitting so long in our vault had been used in the House Chamber of the second Nebraska State Capitol. The first State Capitol was built in ...
Nebraska Department of Health Incubator
This simply constructed incubator was devised by the Nebraska Department of Health to counteract high premature infant death rates. The Department of Health distributed ...
Timeline Tuesday: A Bogus Detective Agency
Modern attempts to defraud the credulous by offering membership in a group with accompanying benefits in exchange for an upfront payment have long roots. The Omaha Daily ...
Timeline Tuesday: J. D. Calhoun on Arbor Day
"The Herald observed Arbor Day duly and regularly," reported editor J. D. Calhoun in the Lincoln Weekly Herald on April 26, 1890. In honor of the holiday, Calhoun ...
Flashback Friday: Folkways of a One-House Legislature – State Senator Bill Avery (LD-28)
Nebraska state senator Bill Avery represented Legislative District 28 (Lincoln) 2007-2015. A retired professor of politlical science at the University of ...
Timeline Tuesday: Christmas in 1905
Although the most popular toys for the current holiday season are electronic, more than a century ago the toys in Santa's pack were likely to be mechanical. The Lincoln ...
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