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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Caption This Photo. . . .
Remember winter? While we might be enjoying a fairly mild winter this year in Nebraska, this photograph has me longing for the snowy fun of winters past. The young woman in this 1920s snapshot is all smiles as she aims … Continue reading
Posted in Photograph Collection Tagged J.J. Andre Company Merchandise Store, Petersburg (Nebraska), snow, Snowball, winter 1 Comment
At Work, Five Miles a Day, On a Scooter, In a Pipe?
If you asked most Americans what “traveling the hard way” was, what sort of answers would you get? Biking? Walking? Swimming? At NSHS, we have discovered another method of “traveling the hard way:” in a 48-inch pipe on a small … Continue reading
Skating Under Cover: Kearney’s Indoor Ice Rink
Ice skating enthusiasts in Nebraska braved winter weather and rough ice before the advent of the indoor rink made “skating under cover” a more comfortable experience. The Kearney Daily Hub on November 24, 1891, announced the opening of such a … Continue reading
Superman Comes to Omaha . . .er, Lincoln
The Nebraska State Historical Society collects and cares for hundreds of thousands of items. Not surprisingly, many are quite old. We aren’t, however, neglecting the present. Although it can be difficult to determine today what will have historical relevance one … Continue reading
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Brown Bag Lecture to Discuss the Building of First Transcontinental Telegraph
Charles Brown was a young lawyer when he became the right-hand man to telegraph pioneer Edward Creighton of Omaha. Brown’s journal survives as the only known daily chronicle of the building of the transcontinental telegraph. Published in August 2011 by … Continue reading
Blizzard of January 12, 1888
The early settlers of Nebraska faced many hardships, a great number of these weather and climate related. Among the most destructive of natural disasters were the sudden prairie blizzards. The blizzard of January 12, 1888 had an immense impact on … Continue reading
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Gold Cure for the Liquor Habit
Nebraska was home during the late nineteenth century to a number of local Keeley hospitals or treatment centers for patients addicted to alcohol, nicotine, and narcotic drugs. Dr. Leslie E. Keeley opened the first Keeley Institute in Dwight, Illinois, in … Continue reading
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An Ice Union of Two Cities
January 12, 1888, marked not only the famous blizzard but a happier event–what the Omaha Daily Bee on January 13 called “An Ice Union of Two Cities.” Despite the inclement weather, a sleighing carnival in Council Bluffs attracted many Omahans … Continue reading
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