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Monthly Archives: March 2010
We Love Quilts, Part 2
Last time I blogged I talked about how much we love quilts–here’s more proof. We’ve just opened a new exhibit called Beauty in Hard Times: Depression Era Quilts in Nebraska. This exhibit will run for two years and the quilts … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Museum Collections Tagged artifact, collections, exhibit, Great Depression, museum, quilt Leave a comment
Celebrating Nebraska Boy Scouts
I love looking at old photographs, which is good since I’m the photograph curator. My favorite images are the ones that catch people completely unaware as the go about their lives. It is as if the photographer froze a little … Continue reading
Posted in Photograph Collection Tagged Agriculture Hall, airplane, Boxing, Boy Scouts, Lincoln, Merit Badge, Nebraska, Nebraska State Fair 2 Comments
The First Frisbee Competition? Lincoln, 1957
You may have had one of these as a kid, a classic Wham-O Frisbee. Nebraska played a role in the history of this popular toy. In 1957, Lincoln hosted what was apparently the nation’s first organized Frisbee competition. Kylie Kinley … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History News, Publications Tagged artifact, collections, Frisbee, Lincoln, sports 1 Comment
Bombs Away!
On March 24, 1942, construction began on the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant near Grand Island. Bombs and cannon shells were produced during World War II. The … Continue reading
Harriet S. Brooks, Woman Suffragist
Women’s History Month in March is an appropriate time to remember the leaders of the fight for woman suffrage in Nebraska. Harriet S. Brooks (1828-1888) was the most senior of this state’s woman’s rights activists in the years leading up … Continue reading
The Day Buffalo Bill Rescued Bad Art
Our assistant editor, Patricia Gaster, writes a weekly history column called “Nebraska Timeline” that is distributed to newspapers across the state. Past columns are posted here. In one column, Pat wrote about “Buffalo Bill” Cody and the 1893 World’s Columbian … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska Timeline, Publications Tagged 1893 Columbian Exposition, Buffalo Bill, cowboy, Wild West, William F. Cody Leave a comment
We love quilts!
OK, I’ll say it–here at the Nebraska History Museum, we love quilts! It’s not surprising, is it, considering Nebraska’s rich quilting heritage and active quilting communities? We are always dreaming up new quilt exhibits, looking forward to the next … Continue reading
A Sad Shamrock Saga
Badly Damaged Shamrocks Mr. John W. Paul related a very good St. Patrick’s day incident which happened in Boston one year ago. A certain Mr. McClanahan, who had been a councilman for several years and failing of re-election, started a … Continue reading
Nominations to Nebraska Hall of Fame
The Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission is accepting nominations through December of 2011. Established by the Unicameral in 1961, the Nebraska Hall of Fame’s purpose is to bring to public attention and to recognize officially those people who, in their … Continue reading
Mystery Photograph
March is Women’s History Month. I thought this photograph would be a great way to jump into the celebration. Bad pun intended. These two lovely and talented young ladies were members of the University of Nebraska track team in about … Continue reading
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