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Tag Archives: children
The Best-Dressed Doll in the World
A new exhibit opens this evening at the Nebraska History Museum! The Best-Dressed Doll in the World: Nebraska’s Own Terri Lee runs through September 1, 2013, and is also the subject of a richly-illustrated article in the Winter 2012 issue … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Museum Collections, Nebraska History, Publications
Tagged African Americans, business history, children, collections, dolls, Lincoln, Terri Lee
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The Corner Drugstore, 1934
One of the joys of the extensive NSHS photo collection is the inevitability of stumbling upon interesting photos that have nothing to do with what you’re actually looking for. (This is one reason we have a blog.) Here’s a scene … Continue reading
Posted in Photograph Collection
Tagged children, downtown, Great Depression, Lincoln, retail
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Why Are These Boys Laughing?
Frederick Blaine Humphrey, who photographed these laughing boys about 1915, was born in New York State in 1876, came to Lincoln with his family as a child, and took a law degree from the University of Nebraska in 1900. He … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Photograph Collection, Publications
Tagged children, Lincoln
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Child Labor on the Farm
I am a little boy ten years old. I go to school when we have school, but we haven’t got any school now. It will begin soon. I helped to farm last spring; I plowed with three horses and helped … Continue reading
Fun and Games
With the temperature hovering around 100 degrees this week here in Lincoln, I’m reminded of similar hot summer days growing up on the farm. My brother and I spent many a summer day playing games in front of the window … Continue reading
A Special Thanksgiving Turkey
As the Curator of the Visual and Audio Collection, I look at hundreds of amazing photographs of Nebraska history every day. Some photos, like the ones featured in this blog, touch my heart in unexpected ways. When I first saw … Continue reading
The Knighthood of Youth Club
Prior to the Boy Scouts, there were several youth organizations based on King Arthur and the Arthurian legend. One such organization was the Knighthood of Youth. Directed by the National Child Welfare Association, the Knighthood of Youth was intended for … Continue reading
A Trick and a Treat from the Photograph Collection
Happy Halloween! Keeping with the holiday spirit, I have selected two “spooktacular” images from the NSHS Photograph Archives. The people of Sargent, Nebraska awoke on November 1, 1912 to find that tricksters had been busy the night before on Halloween. … Continue reading
Posted in Photograph Collection, Uncategorized
Tagged buggies, carriages, children, costumes, Custer County, Halloween, holidays, Nebraska, Ottum & Martin, Sargent, wagons
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