One Leg in the Grave!
Omaha police officer James MacDonald spent a decade with one leg literally in the grave.
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Louise Vinciquerra, Nebraska’s Bootlegger Queen
Timeline Tuesday: Coal Thieves
Workers at Honey Creek Coal Mine, Peru, Nebr. RG2304-8-58
Flashback Friday: A Funny Post-Election Poem…and the Grisly Story Behind It
A bit of post-election humor from the NSHS collections seems appropriate just a few days before the 2016 election—but it has a dark backstory unrelated to politics. How did this piece of paper come to reside in the NSHS collections?
NSHS RG207, Series 7, Subseries 9, Box 2.
Flashback Friday: Why Cowboy Gun Battles Were Often Shots in the Dark
Sidney, Nebraska, circa late 1870s. NSHS RG3315-40
John T. Bell’s Shorthand in the Courtroom
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Mystery Grave in Boyd County
The Boyd County skull, showing what appears to be a bullet hole in the forehead.
Murder at the Lincoln Hotel: The Irvine-Montgomery Case
The Lincoln Hotel at Ninth and P streets was the scene of a sensational murder in May of 1892. NSHS RG2158-408c
A Prisoner’s Plea
The Society has a large collection of Nebraska-made/Nebraska-themed sheet music. While cataloging some a few weeks back I came across two pieces that piqued my interest–mainly because the composers were identified only by their prisoner numbers.
Stinkfinger’s Popular Illustrated Monthly Magazine
I recently discovered a rather strange item while editing a collection description on our website. The finding aid for our Charles E. Wood collection lists an item entitled, Stinkfinger’s Popular Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Intrigued by the title, I decided to take a look (click to enlarge).
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