Happy August #ThrowbackThursday!
This 14 x 9 cm color postcard shows a lovely view of a lily pond in Hanscom Park, located at 3201 Woolworth Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska. The 50-acre tract was donated to the city in 1872 by Andrew J. Hanscom and James Megeath. It is one of Omaha’s oldest parks.
This image is published and owned by the Omaha Public Library. They have a large collection of 1,100+ postcards and photographs of the Omaha area.
See this collection and many more on the Nebraska Memories archive!
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