School Lunches Once Provided by WCTU
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was early associated with providing food to the public, sometimes as a charitable project, sometimes to finance other ...
Omaha
What We Found
A New Calendar for the New Year
This 1914 calendar from McCool Junction in York County included a Christmas greeting. RG2856-6-3
It seems appropriate to start the New Year by putting up new ...
George H. Payne and the American Valley of the Nile
George H. Payne
When Omaha businessman George H. Payne (1864-1937) formed the Payne Investment Company in the early 1910s, he launched what would become one of the ...
Cigarettes in the Boudoir: Omaha’s Female Smokers in 1889
Nathaniel Currier’s 1847 lithograph depicted a reclining woman smoking a cigarette. NSHS 10645-4273
“From London comes the assurance that the duchess of Marlborough ...
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 ...
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 ...
Try These Substitutes for Brandy
This undated photograph depicted William Young’s saloon in Omaha. NSHS RG2341-1266
Readers of The Nebraska Issue (Lincoln), official organ of the ...
We can’t win all fights
The Clarinda, 2014, courtesy of Ruben Acosta.
It is a sad truth: not every historic building can be saved. This was made evident on July 1st as the Omaha City ...
Omaha Proclaims Lindbergh Day to Welcome Aviation Hero
Lindbergh and his plane in Omaha, August 30, 1927. NSHS RG3882.PH0-5-a
Following his historic trans-Atlantic flight in May of 1927, Charles Lindbergh made ...
Celebrating the Pilgrims, 1620-1920
Omaha’s tercentennial parade in 1920 included this float depicting the Pilgrims landing in the New World. RG2941-6-119
The 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ ...
Ann Lowe and the Intriguing Couture Tradition of Ak-Sar-Ben
How could such a prominent fashion designer remain so unknown to the public? Ann Lowe’s fairytale-like gowns appeared in magazines, at the Academy ...
Omaha’s “Tragedy of Winter Quarters” Monument
More than 600 Mormon pioneers died in their Nebraska encampment during the winters of 1846-47 and 1847-48. The camp, called Winter Quarters, is the site of a monument in ...
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