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Category Archives: Photograph Collection
Spirit Photography
With the discovery of photography, along with using the technique of double exposing a negative, many interesting images have appeared through the years. The deliberate creation of a spirit photograph by a photographer in an attempt to financially exploit believers … Continue reading
Vampires of Nebraska
Custer County Chief, 1/3/1896 Another frightening-if-true story with a supernatural twist comes out of the northwest county of Dawes, just around the Pine Ridge. The end of 1895 saw a number of brutal attacks against many herds of cattle and … Continue reading
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Tagged cowboys, Dawes County, Folklore, Ghost Story, Nebraska, vampire
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Messages from the Great Beyond
The practice of Spiritualism primarily involved the communication with spirits or ghostly associations who have “gone over,” or died in the flesh. Claiming to be in contact with the beyond, the Fox sisters from New York are credited with starting … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Cobb, Clairvoyant, Folklore, Ghost Story, Lincoln, Nebraska, Spiritualism
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The Haunted Cabin of James Conway
#4 Alexandria Journal 10/30/1965 The town of Alexandria, population 73 at last count, is found northwest of Fairbury. This sleepy farm community is said to have had within its boundary, a haunted cabin with a history going back to 1878. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandria, Folklore, Ghost Story, James Conway, log cabin
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A Haunted Cowboy
3 Hemingford Herald 4/24/1896 The Old West has its share of ghostly lore, no matter what section of the country you study, and Nebraska is no exception. By 1896 most of the territorial fighting had calmed down in Western Nebraska … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlisle Cattle Company, cowboy, Folklore, Ghost Story, Guide Rock, Hemingford, Joe Healy, Nebraska, Old West
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The Alma Nightwalker
2 Chadron Journal 3/28/1902 Alma, Nebraska, population about 1,100, is found near the Harlan Reservoir south of Hastings and just north of the Kansas border. Back on March 28, 1902, a most unusual story was being told. The “Alma Nightwalker,” … Continue reading
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Tagged Alma, Alma Nightwalker, Folklore, Ghost Story, Nebraska
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The Headless Ghost of Redington, Nebraska
The month of October can sometimes inspire images specific to the Halloween season. In December we think about Christmas, with brightly decorated trees and wrapped gifts full of surprise. In July we think red, white and blue thoughts as we … Continue reading
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Tagged Folklore, Ghost Story, Morrill County, Nebraska, Redington
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Search for Something New
We did it again! We have added new amazing Nebraska treasures to our Museum and Photograph Collections online searchable database. Explore the more than 17,000 historic items in our growing database. With more than 13,000 objects from the Museum Collection, … Continue reading
“I Don’t Know What We’d Have Done Without the Indians”
A labor shortage during World War I left western Nebraska potato farmers facing the loss of their crop. They brought in Lakota (Sioux) Indians as harvesters, beginning a tradition that lasted from 1917 through the 1950s. The story is … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Photograph Collection, Publications
Tagged agriculture, Box Butte County, Lakota, Native Americans, potatoes, World War I
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Happy Days
There is just something about old drive-ins that brings out the nostalgia in people. In Lincoln, Ken Eddy’s was a legend. In 1952, Ken Lydic and Eddy Gold opened their drive-in restaurant at the corner of 48th and “O” Streets. … Continue reading