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Tag Archives: collections
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 8 Comments
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
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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
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Treasures from Nebraska Museums
The NSHS works hard to collect and preserve Nebraska history, but we don’t do it alone. Historical organizations and museums dot our ninety-three counties and contain many treasures. To support their work in preserving our collective history, we’ve started a … Continue reading
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John Falter Exhibit Opens Tonight!
The new exhibit, The Illustrator’s Pencil: John Falter from Nebraska to The Saturday Evening Post, opens tonight at the Nebraska History Museum in downtown Lincoln. NSHS members and the public are invited to view the exhibit from 5:30-7:30pm as … Continue reading
John Falter Jazz
One of the most interesting things I’ve discovered going through our John Falter collection in the last few years is how and how much of his personal interests, friends, and environs manifested themselves in his art. Jazz is a great example. Falter … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Museum Collections Tagged African Americans, collections, John Falter 2 Comments
Collecting the Here and Now
As I mentioned in a blog post a few weeks back about a Superman comic book, the Nebraska State Historical Society collects and cares for hundreds of thousands of items not all of which are particularly old. We feel it … 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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Go Big with Buttons
I like the saying “Go Big or Go Home.” To me it means if you’re going to do something then do it with all you’ve got–throw yourself into it. I like that attitude. The skirt, jacket, and cape above scream that attitude … Continue reading
A Cornhusker and a Man
This is a rather ordinary and worn looking artifact, isn’t it? Some of you may know that it is a corn husking hook used in the days before mechanical corn pickers when farmers would walk through their rows and pull … Continue reading