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Throwback Thursday: Snap-shots of Spalding

Happy #ThrowbackThursday!

This week’s highlight is six black and white photographs on a postcard of Spalding, Nebraska. The pictures show houses, stores, and streets in Spalding. Information printed on item: 156, Snap-Shots of Spalding.

This image is owned and published by the Nebraska State Historical Society. They digitized content from the John Nelson and the J. A. Anderson collection. John Nelson came to Nebraska with his parents at the age of seventeen from Sweden. His photographs tell the story of small town life in Nebraska during the first decades of the twentieth century.

See this collection and many more on the Nebraska Memories archive!

The Nebraska Memories archive 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.aspx for more information.

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Throwback Thursday: Interior of Church and Altar in Greeley Centre, Nebraska

A stereoscopic #ThrowbackThursday!

This week’s highlight is a black and white stereoscopic photograph of the interior of possibly a Catholic church and altar in Greeley Centre, Nebraska. Pillars holding up the arches stand between the wooden pews. The altar is very ornate with religious statues. There is information printed on the edges of the photo: John Nelson, Commercial Photographer, Ericson, Neb. U.S.A. It was taken around 1907-1917.

This image is owned and published by the Nebraska State Historical Society. They digitized content from the John Nelson and the J. A. Anderson collection. John Nelson came to Nebraska with his parents at the age of seventeen from Sweden. His photographs tell the story of small town life in Nebraska during the first decades of the twentieth century.

See this collection and many more on the Nebraska Memories archive!

The Nebraska Memories archive 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.aspx for more information.

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Throwback Thursday: Studio Portrait of a Woman with a Book

What are you reading this #ThrowbackThursday?

This week’s highlight is a black and white photograph on a postcard of a woman posing with a open book. She is wearing fancy clothing, eyeglasses, a bracelet, and rings on her fingers. It was taken around 1907-1917.

This image is owned and published by the Nebraska State Historical Society. They digitized content from the John Nelson and the J. A. Anderson collection. John Nelson came to Nebraska with his parents at the age of seventeen from Sweden. His photographs tell the story of small town life in Nebraska during the first decades of the twentieth century.

See this collection and many more on the Nebraska Memories archive!

The Nebraska Memories archive 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.aspx for more information.

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