Political Rally
Political rallies were one of the varied summer evening entertainments popular in Nebraskacommunities before the advent of television. One such rally was recorded by ...
politics
What We Found
Woman Suffrage
Nebraska was one of the last states west of the Mississippi to grant the ballot to women, who did not win full suffrage until 1920, when the national amendment was ...
The Effect of Motion Pictures
The influence of television on the impressionable young has been a subject of concern toparents, teachers, editorial writers, and social scientists. But television is ...
Timeline Tuesday: Campaign Buttons of 1896
Although the hobby of collecting political memorabilia is probably as old as politics, the political campaign button first became important in the presidential election ...
Timeline Tuesday: Electioneering in 1897
John M. Thurston was the featured speaker at the Republican state convention in 1897. From Alfred T. Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882).
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The One-Day Wonder
On this day in Nebraska history, (March 2, 1867, to be exact), Turner M. Marquette took the oath of office to become the brand new state of Nebraska’s brand new (and ...
Bryan for President in 1920?
William Jennings Bryan. NSHS RG3198-47 (photograph at left).
Ninety years ago, in the summer of 1920, Lincoln hosted a national political convention, albeit that of a ...
Cherry County Divided?
One factor behind a proposed division of Cherry County in 1911 was the distance of isolated ranches, such as that of Charles S. Hoyt (above) near Pullman, from ...
Pershing for President in 1920
A World War I poster featuring Gen. John J. Pershing. NSHS 13000-3565 (at left).
World War I did not produce a military hero who became President, but it did launch ...
Dodge County Seat Removal, 1884
“There is no necessity for any bad blood over the county seat controversy,” said the Fremont Weekly Herald on August 21, 1884, in referring to a “re-location scheme” ...
Collecting the Here and Now
As I mentioned in a blog post a few weeks back about a Superman comic book, the Nebraska State Historical Society collects and cares for hundreds of thousands of items ...
From the Kitchen Table to Congress: Doris Royal’s Tax Campaign
“Do you realize I haven’t contributed a dime to this farm today according to the IRS?” Doris Royal told her husband after a twelve-hour day pitching hay and feeding ...
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