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Category Archives: Nebraska History
Lights, Please
For someone living today, it is hard to imagine the splendor of seeing electric lights for the first time. When the Grand Court of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition lit up on June 1, 1898, thousands were treated to their … Continue reading
Ending the War to End All Wars
When World War I concluded with an armistice signed at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, Nebraskans joined people everywhere in celebration. The news reached this state in the middle of the night, … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Nebraska Timeline, Publications
Tagged Armistice Day, Veterans Day, Wahoo, World War I, York
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The 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 of 1896. This contest, in which Republican William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan, spawned a … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Nebraska Timeline, Publications
Tagged campaign buttons, elections, William Jennings Bryan
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A Pan of Fudge
Six girls and their bemused-looking chaperone posed for this photograph in a pennant-bedecked room, possibly at York College, York, Nebraska, in about 1910. Many food historians trace the origins of fudge to the dormitories of Ivy League colleges in the … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Photograph Collection, Publications
Tagged collections, college, food, fudge, women, York
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Ten Reasons Why Women Don’t Want the Right to Vote
With the election less than a month away, now is a good time to look back at arguments made against woman suffrage in Nebraska. The following was published by the Nebraska Association Opposed to Women Suffrage, Omaha, and is featured … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Publications
Tagged anti-suffrage, voting, Woman Suffrage, women
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The Ghost in the Camera
Ghosts? Spirits? Wisps of ectoplasm? In 1861 Boston photographer William H. Mumler discovered that he could produce a second, “ghostly” image on his photographic plates if he deliberately re-exposed them for a short time. He claimed he had photographed actual … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Photograph Collection, Publications
Tagged collections, ghost, Lincoln, photography
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Morton and Wilson, Nebraska Territory’s Ghost Counties
Today many Nebraskans live in counties known by different names than they were during Nebraska’s territorial years. The first eight counties in the state were Douglas, Cass, Dodge, Washington, Richardson, Burt, Forney, and Pierce, all named for prominent political leaders. … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Publications
Tagged J.Sterling Morton, Morton County, Nebraska territory, Wilson County
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This Lincoln Hotel Has Seen It All
There’s nothing like a complicated and slightly shady past to make a place interesting! What is now an unassuming single-story building in the Haymarket Landmark District has been through lots of adventures and tragedies that you would never know by … Continue reading
Nebraska’s Vigilante Justice
Public opinion can be a dangerous thing. This is especially true in the case of mob lynching, something we associate with the “wild west” and the lack of a civilized judicial system. However, in an article in the Fall 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Publications
Tagged African Americans, Bancroft, crime, Holt County, law, lynching
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How to Impress a Tourist: The 1909 Glidden Auto Tour
In late July, 1909, Nebraska newspapers were abuzz with news of the Glidden Auto Tour. “Glidden Tourists Pass Through Omaha,” “Glidden Tourists Will Go at Top Speed Through Fremont,” “Thousands Welcome Glidden Tourists,” and “Glidden Tour Makes Kearney the Mecca … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Publications
Tagged Automobiles, Columbus, Cozad, Fremont, Glidden Tour, Grand Island, Kearney, North Platte, Omaha
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