The World Series may be over, but we’re not ready for baseball to end. This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is going way back to an early 1900s baseball game.
This image was created by John Nelson and is owned by History Nebraska. John Nelson was born in Sweden in 1864. He came to Nebraska at the age of 17 with his parents. His photographs show life in small town Nebraska during the early 20th century.
Check out all his photos on the Nebraska Memories collection!
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 this project, see http://nlc.nebraska.gov/nebraskamemories/participation.aspx for more information.
