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Category Archives: Museum Collections
A Nebraska Goose
John Albert Lundgren of Axtell, Nebraska, always loved hunting and by the age of 14 started making decoys. In 1935, when live call birds became illegal he set out to design high-quality full-bodied decoys of his own. His earliest, in … Continue reading
Find Nebraska Treasures Here
Great news! We have added more Nebraska treasures to our Museum and Photograph Collection online searchable database. To celebrate, we have a treasure hunt for you. Visit our website and see if you can find these unique and wonderful Nebraska … Continue reading
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A Needlework Tour of Nebraska
In 1976 the American bicentennial was a cause for celebration and commemoration. Organizations and local governments of all sizes and configurations found ways to mark our country’s 200th birthday through events and projects as varied as the people living within … Continue reading
Not Your Typical Valentine
Valentine’s Day cards can be sweet, sentimental, funny, and sometimes just plain bizarre. Here are a few of the strangest valentines I have found in the Nebraska History Museum’s collections. What is this creepy little kid doing inside this hole? Source: … Continue reading
Rough on Rats (and biles, and piles, and corns . . . )
Old print advertising is weird. I know, some is boring, but to me, usually, if it’s not boring it’s weird. Case in point—Rough on Rats. Rough on Rats was a poison (arsenic) that was developed and marketed to kill all … Continue reading
A Feedsack Quilt, A Doll, and a New Online Exhibit
People commonly think of sewing with feed sack fabric as a Depression-era practice. In fact, thrifty stitchers had been doing this since the late 1800s. Necessities such as flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar, and animal feed came in cotton sacks. … Continue reading
Another Miss America with Nebraska Roots
Who was the first Nebraska native to be crowed Miss America? No, it was not Teresa Scanlan who was recently crowned Miss America. There was actually another Miss America with Nebraska ties. Sharon Kay Ritchie, Miss America 1956, was born in McCook, … Continue reading
The Beatrice Starch Manufacturing Company
The Library/Archives Division holds a small collection relating to the Beatrice Starch Manufacturing Company of Beatrice, Nebraska. The collection consists of a minute book which records minutes of meetings, by-laws, stockholder information, etc. Also included are photocopies of a corn … Continue reading
It’s Sweater Weather
I recently ran across a couple of items featuring fabulous images of sweaters from the 1910s and 1920s. Here are a few images from the 1919-1920 Bradley Knitting Company catalog. The company was located in Delavan, Wisconsin.
“Nebraska Women Are Bound To Vote”
Banner that belonged to Dr. Inez Celia Philbrick who practiced medicine in Lincoln from 1893-1937. This banner dates from 1900-1917. The movement to enfranchise Nebraska women started as early as 1855 when suffragist Amelia Bloomer spoke before an audience in Omaha. … Continue reading