No More Ten-cent Shaves
This photograph of two barbers and their shop is from the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Dundy County Collection. NSHS RG3907-1-5
The idea of a man shaving ...
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What We Found
Muddy Nebraska
Stuck in the mud near Bancroft, Nebraska. NSHS RG3334-1-56
It’s small consolation if you ever get stuck in the mud, but the fact is Nebraska has come a ...
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 ...
Buy a Meal, Win a Car
Richi Ugai, the proprietor of the Palace Café and Hotel in North Platte, was an innovator when it came to advertising. In 1914, the June 26 issue of the North Platte ...
Dividing Holt County
Holt County, with its 2,418 square miles of territory, is one of Nebraska’s largest counties. Its size caused many bitter fights over county ...
Thayer County’s Fair at Deshler Began in 1913
Thayer County Fair on main street of Deshler in 1913. NSHS RG2719-7-6
“The Thayer County Agricultural society was organized in Deshler last week,” said the Omaha ...
Spanning the Missouri: Nebraska’s Pontoon Bridges
Pontoon bridge at Plattsmouth. NSHS RG3384-10-71
Nebraska City’s pontoon bridge spanning the Missouri River was opened with much fanfare in August of 1888. ...
Columbus Day and Nebraska’s Italian Heritage
Aerial view of Omaha’s Little Italy. NSHS RG 2341-470
Columbus Day, established to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas on October 12, ...
Fuller Automobiles Once Manufactured in Nebraska
Angus Automobile Company factory in Angus, Nebraska. An early automobile, said to be the “the 14th car completed,” is parked just outside. NSHS RG3463-5
Pioneer ...
Dr. Peabody Fought Omaha Cholera Outbreak in 1867
Dr. James H. Peabody. From Alfred T. Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (Chicago, 1882)
Cholera, characterized by severe diarrhea, vomiting, and dehydration, ...
Omaha Bankers Asked: Does Money Spread the Flu?
Interior of a bank by photographer John Nelson
Nebraska’s last great epidemic was the 1918 Flu epidemic, but the earlier flu pandemic of 1889-90 also affected the ...
Free Speech and Temperance: Rosewater vs. Gougar
Edward Rosewater. HN RG2411.PH0-4772-2
A wave of temperance feeling during the late 1880s (promoted by “dry” societies, churches, and the Prohibition ...
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