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Author Archives: dbristow
At the Eleventh Hour, Trickery and Vilification!
Unfortunately, negative political ads are nothing new! As we near election day and political polarization reaches its peak, here is a full page ad from the August 12, 1934, Sunday Lincoln Journal and Star that may sound familiar. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Library/Archives Tagged 1934, campaign, Democrat, drought, election, Nebraska governors, politics Leave a comment
More from the Corner Drugstore
We’re always pleased when readers can provide more information about the photos we post. In response to a recent post, “The Corner Drugstore, 1934,” we received this comment: Dr. Geo. Strassler says: October 24, 2012 at 10:04 am SW corner … Continue reading
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 1 Comment
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 Leave a comment
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 Leave a comment
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 Leave a comment
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 2 Comments
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 2 Comments
Hit the Road with Nebraska History
We have fun selecting photos for Nebraska History, our quarterly magazine. The cover photo on the new Fall 2012 issue is one of our favorites. It shows Jean Bemb and John Machesky and companions in their Chalmers cars outside Kearney, … Continue reading