Rev. Russel Taylor and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1920s Omaha.
Rev. Russel Taylor, Omaha Monitor, August 11, 1921.
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, where Taylor pastored, Omaha Moniter August 11, 1921
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What We Found
The Shoemaker’s Ashes
This example of a cinerary urn (at left) is from Hugo Erichsen’s The Cremation of the Dead (Detroit, 1887), published the year Edward Kuehl died.
“Edward Kuehl, one ...
A Midsummer Christmas Eve
This Christmas card from 1880 depicted a warm-weather scene similar to one actually experienced by Omahans on December 24 in 1889. Freakish weather is not unique ...
That time Superman mixed up Omaha and Lincoln
Superman has been a lot of places, so when DC fans in Omaha were promised that he'd be visiting their city they were understandably excited. It's too bad he ended up ...
Todd Storz: Radio for a New Era
Todd Storz, owner of Omaha’s KOWH, saw music as opportunity. He showed the world how to harness music and make it profitable in a world more interested in visual ...
A Titanic Centennial 2012
Emil Brandeis. NSHS RG2411.PHO-565 (at left).
Lately the news has been full of stories about the sinking of Titanic and the reissue of James Cameron’s movie about its ...
Touring Nebraska Orchards in 1872
Well before the emergence of Arbor Day as a state holiday dedicated to tree planting, southeast Nebraska had a number of thriving orchards.
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Saving the Present at the Cost of the Past?
In the Summer 2012 issue of Nebraska History, Daniel Spegel explains the circumstances and powers that resulted in the largest ever demolition of a district listed on ...
Oh, the Irony
The designer of this 1930 advertising stationery didn’t know it yet, but the expression “Thriving Thirties” was not going to catch on. Printed by the Epsten ...
Shoeing Omaha: “Attirement of Their Feet” in 1888
This advertisement (Left) for A. D. Morse’s Retail Shoe Store appeared in the Excelsior Family Directory of Omaha, 1890-91 (Omaha: Chase and Eddy).
Browsing through ...
Monarch’s Sad Fate
The sad end of a retired member of Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West was announced by the Omaha Daily Bee on December 5, 1906. However, the article, headlined “Death Warrant ...
The Rescue of Oscar Phelps
Clifton E. Mayne. From Omaha Illustrated (Omaha, 1888) (at left).
“Quite an exciting scene was witnessed last evening, on the river bank just opposite Boyd’s packing ...
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