This Sunday is Easter, the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. For many people, the holiday also holds the connotation of celebrating spring and new life. Nebraska Memories includes items that relate to many aspects of Easter celebration.
For Christians, church services are clearly an important part of Easter, and music is generally involved in worship. The
Polley Music Library collection contains scores of two pieces of Easter music,
Gradual for Easter Sunday and
Hail, Joyous Morn: An Easter Song.
Easter egg hunts are another traditional way to celebrate the holiday. This
photograph from the
Nebraska Children’s Home Society collection shows kids at a children’s home
enjoying an egg hunt in the 1950s or 1960s.
Traditionally, Easter has also been a time for dressing up. New Easter dresses and, of course, Easter bonnets are common purchases. This advertisement from a
program for a symphony orchestra concert (another item in the Polley Music Library collection) touts Magee’s as the
place to obtain Easter finery.
Visit
Nebraska Memories to search for or browse through many more historical images digitized from photographs, negatives, postcards, maps, lantern slides, books and other materials.
Nebraska Memories is a cooperative project to digitize Nebraska-related historical and cultural heritage materials and make them available to researchers of all ages via the Internet. Nebraska Memories is brought to you by the Nebraska Library Commission. If your institution is interested in participating in Nebraska Memories, see
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/nebraskamemories/participation.aspxfor more information, or contact
Beth Goble, Historical Services Librarian, or
Devra Dragos, Technology & Access Services Director.
