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Tag Archives: post office
What’s in a Name?
When your name is easily used in puns and songs, the novelty wears off quickly. But instead settling for cheap laughs, one Nebraska town has turned a notable name into international recognition and thousands of letters. In the Spring 2013 … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Publications
Tagged cachet, Heart, holiday, post office, stamp, Valentine, Valentine's Day
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Historic Detail in Minden’s Depression-Era Art
In a previous post on the NSHS blog, we told you about Nebraska’s twelve post office murals, as presented in Robert Puschendorf’s new book Nebraska’s Post Office Murals: Born of the Depression, Fostered by the New Deal. One of the … Continue reading
Nebraska’s New Deal Art Legacy
Historical treasures can be found in many unexpected places. Sometimes, they may be right in front of us for a long time before we recognize their value. When the New Deal sought to breathe life into the Depression-era economy, scores … Continue reading
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Tagged Albion, art, Auburn, books, Crawford, Geneva, Great Depression, Hebron, Minden, New Deal, Ogallala, O’Neill, Pawnee City, post office, Red Cloud, Schuyler, Valentine
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