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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.
Throwback Thursday: Abandoned Building, Formerly Housing Living Quarters of Moses Merrill Mission
It’s a spooky scary #ThrowbackThursday!
This week’s highlight is a black and white photograph of interior of abandoned building which formerly housed the living quarters of the Moses and Eliza Merrill built in the 1800s. Structure is made of squared logs and shows chinking on left wall. A stone fireplace and wooden cabinet are pictured.
This image is published and owned by the Sarpy County Historical Museum, located in Bellevue, Nebraska. They have a mission to preserve, collect, display, and document objects and records related to the history of Sarpy County.
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.
Throwback Thursday: Public Library, York, Nebraska
We’re enjoying this #ThrowbackThursday in York!
We’re at the Nebraska Library Association conference in York this week, connecting with Nebraska’s librarians and Library staff!
This week’s highlight is a 14 x 9 cm. color postcard entitled “Public Library, York, Nebr.” in the top left in red type with an exterior view of the York Public Library in York, Nebraska. It is a red brick and stone building, one story with basement windows. Steps lead up to an arched front entrance and it is topped by two arched windows in a dormer over the entry. Above the entry are the words “Public Library.” There are windows on either side of the front entry and two large windows on the right side. A chimney protrudes from the back side of the roof. There is a lawn and sidewalk surrounding the building. In front is a small leafless tree. The library was located at 306 East 7th Street (the corner of 7th & Nebraska).
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!
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.
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.
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.
Throwback Thursday: Barbershop
Take a seat #ThrowbackThursday!
This week’s highlight is a black and white photograph on a postcard of a barber shaving a customer, dated around 1907-1917. The customer is laid back in a chair and behind them is a wash stand and mirror.
This image is owned and published by History Nebraska. 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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Tagged History Nebraska, Postcard, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: Papillion Situated on Secs.
Take a look at this #ThrowbackThursday!
This week’s highlight is a Plat of Papillion, Nebraska showing original town and South Papillion with adjoining subdivisions. Beadle’s First Addition, Beadle’s Second Addition, Beadle’s Subdivision, Hoffman’s Addition, Parson’s Subdivision, 1st Addition To South Papillion, Pikes Addition. Shows Union Pacific railroad and depot. Page 80 from Plat book of Douglas & Sarpy county. Published by National Publishing Company.
This image is published and owned by the Sarpy County Historical Museum, located in Bellevue, Nebraska. They have a mission to preserve, collect, display, and document objects and records related to the history of Sarpy County.
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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Tagged Papillion, Sarpy County Historical Museum, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: Nebraska State Capitol Building, Model
Happy #ThrowbackThursday Nebraska!
This wooden three-dimensional model of the new Nebraska Capitol building closely resembles the finished building. The model, displayed on another block of wood, shows the tower, courtyards, and entrances. Construction on the third state capitol building in 1922 and was completed in 1932 at the cost of $9.8 million. Designed by architect Bertram G. Goodhue, the 400 foot tall tower has 15 floors above ground. This photograph was taken for Mr. Lorenz in 1925.
This image is published and owned by the Townsend Studio, which has been in continuous operation since its foundation in 1888 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The studio holds a collection of glass plate and acetate negatives of early Lincoln and its residents.
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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Tagged Nebraska Capitol, Throwback Thursday, Townsend Studio
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Throwback Thursday: Fishing on Pibel Lake
This #ThrowbackThursday is a big catch!
This week’s highlight is a colorized photograph on a postcard of a man in rowboat leaning back with his feet in the air and a fishing rod in his hand. A large fish has been superimposed on the picture to make it look like the man is catching a fish bigger than himself. Information printed on item: “Fishing on Pibel Lake, Nebraska, No. 6258.”
This image is owned and published by History Nebraska. 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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Tagged History Nebraska, Pibel Lake, Postcard, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: Football Players with Mascot
Let’s kick off football season with a #ThrowbackThursday!
This black and white photograph postcard from around 1907-1917 is of a football team standing on a football field in front of a goal post. They are posing with a goat, which is their mascot. At least one player wears a jersey with the intertwined letters S and C, so perhaps they play for Spalding College in Spalding, Nebraska.
This image is owned and published by History Nebraska. 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.
Throwback Thursday: Spalding College
Best wishes this #ThrowbackThursday!
This black and white photograph is on a postcard of Spalding College. The postcard has a floral design with a photograph of the college in the center. The building is a three-story wood structure with dormers, two covered porches and a cross on top of one of the side entrance.
This image is owned and published by History Nebraska. 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.
Throwback Thursday: End of the School Day at Kellom School
It’s time for back-to-school #ThrowbackThursday!
Students line up in a school hallway to put on their coats at the end of the day in this 7 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ black and white photograph. Boys and girls stand in separate lines to go to their respective coat rooms. The hallway has a hardwood floor and wooden wainscoting on the walls. A sink and a trashcan off to one side of the hall. Kellom School was located at 23rd and Paul Streets. The original building opened in 1892. This building was replaced by the current Kellom Elementary School in 1952, at the same location.
This image is published and owned by the Omaha Public School Archive Collection / Educational Research Library. The collections include historical materials relating directly to the Omaha Public Schools.
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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Tagged Black and White Photograph, Kellom School, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: Bridge Across Waste Way, Tri-State Canal
It’s a #ThrowbackThursday postcard!
This black-and-white photographic postcard shows a 108 ft. long cement bridge structure over a water way, Tri-State Canal near Morrill, Nebraska. The Tri-State Canal diverts water from the North Platte River close to the Wyoming border for irrigation in western Nebraska. According to The Irrigation Age November 1905, Howard G. Leavitt was the president of the Tri-State Land Company which building the “canal 100 miles long, forty feet wide at bottom, and twelve feet deep.” According to the Nebraska Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics December 1907 Bulletin, the canal was partly financed by “several New York millionaires” to “irrigate between 75,000 and 100,000 acres.” A postmark and one-cent green Benjamin Franklin stamp are on the reverse.
This image is published by the Nebraska Library Commission. The collections include material on the history of libraries in the state of Nebraska, items from the 1930s related to the Nebraska Public Library Commission bookmobile, as well as items showcasing the history of Nebraska’s state institutions.
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.
Throwback Thursday: Zephyr Dawn-to-Dusk Club
We’re back with more #ThrowbackThursday!
This 8 x 10 inch black and white photo pictures the first Zephyr passenger train along with twenty people and one donkey wearing a sign that reads “Zeph mascot of the first Zephyron – World-record-non-stop run Denver to Chicago May 26, 1934”.
This image is owned by the High Plains Historical Society and Museum and published by the McCook Public Library. They worked in partnership to digitize photographic images from the historical society’s collection. These images document early growth of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in McCook, Nebraska, and the surrounding area. The collection spans a time period from the early 1880s through the 1960s.
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.
Throwback Thursday: Porch at Wallace Residence
Sit down and relax with a book this #ThrowbackThursday!
In this black and white lantern slide from 1912, large matchstick blinds shade the porch from sun at the William Wallace residence, located at 2420 Harney Street in Omaha, Nebraska. William Wallace was a vice president of Omaha National Bank, as well as the president of the Omaha Library Board.
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!
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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Tagged Omaha Public Library, Throwback Thursday, William Wallace
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Throwback Thursday: Carl F. Steckelberg
Enjoy some music this #ThrowbackThursday!
Dated 1919, this black and white photograph pictures Carl F. Steckelberg, a faculty member of the University School of Music in Lincoln, Nebraska, playing the violin.
This image and musical performance is published and owned by the Polley Music Library (Lincoln City Libraries, Lincoln, Nebraska), which contains just over two hundred fifty pieces of Nebraska sheet music, as well as concert programs, manuscripts, theatre programs, photographs, and other Nebraska memorabilia which features an element of music. You can also listen to a dozen performances of selections from this music collection performed by local musicians.
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.
Throwback Thursday: Scene, Bemis Park, Omaha, Neb.
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday!
Dated around 1907-1920, this 14 x 9 cm color postcard pictures a view of a creek in Bemis Park, located at 34th and Cuming Streets in Omaha, Nebraska.
Bemis was the first park acquired by the Park Commission in 1889. Owners of a strip of land 200 feet wide from 33rd to 36th Streets donated it for a park. Located just north of Cuming Street, it consists primarily of a deep, narrow ravine. Adjoining parcels were purchased, making the park about 10.5 acres. It connects to Hanscom Park via Lincoln and Turner Boulevards.
Source: Wakeley, Arthur. Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska, Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, c1917, p. 137.
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!
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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Tagged Bemis Park, Omaha, Omaha Public Library, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: Fountain Beach Swimming Pool
Cool off this #ThrowbackThursday!
Dated around 1920-1929, you can see a large white building with a sign reading “Fountain Beach” behind a swimming pool in this 5-1/4″ x 3″ black and white photograph. The pool contains a diving platform and fountain with water running from it. Printed on the bottom of the photograph is: “Fountain Beach, Fairmont, Nebr.”
The owner of the swimming pool was Ed Hall. In 1919, he built the Fountain Beach swimming pool at 709 4th Avenue. It was 125 x 180 feet with a bottom of crushed rock. It had a water circulating system connected with a artistic fountain which justified its name. Dances were held in the Fountain Beach Pavilion on Wednesday and Saturday during swimming season. The pools closed in 1929 after a drowning.
This image is published and owned by the Fairmount Public Library. In partnership with the Fillmore County Historical Society, they’ve digitized photographs from their collections depicting the history of Fillmore County. The photographs in this collection include images of local businesses, schools, and churches, as well as the Fairmont Army Airfield, which was used during World War II.
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.
Throwback Thursday: “America It’s Up to You”
It’s an all American #ThrowbackThursday!
Dated 1917, “America It’s Up to You” is a song written by Alevia Chins and Horace Haws of Omaha, Nebraska. Half the price of the music was donated in support of the Red Cross during World War I. Originally published by Haws & Chins Co. Music Publishers in Fairbury, Nebraska.
Verse 1:
You love the freedom that Old Glory gives you,
You know the men to whom the credit’s due
They’re men that gladly gave their lives to save their sweethearts and their wives
They were Americans thru and thru
The country’s going to need a lot of men
There’s lots of them will not return again
But our flag we must protect they must treat it with respect
America it’s up to you
Verse 2:
Don’t leave the fighting to the other fellow,
Don’t let them say we’ve got a streak of yellow
Remember Lincoln and your flag the chance to fight should make you glad
When you think of what it means to you
Don’t go and hide behind your sweethearts skirt
Don’t let them say Americans will shirk
Let us all go forth and fight for our freedom and our right
America it’s up to you
Chorus:
America its up to you
To show what you can do
We must take this war to heart all of us must do our part
And fight for the Red White and Blue
The president has called on you
Show him that you’re true blue
There’s a debt we owe to France to pay her here’s our chance
America it’s up to you
This image and musical performance is published and owned by the Polley Music Library (Lincoln City Libraries, Lincoln, Nebraska), which contains just over two hundred fifty pieces of Nebraska sheet music, as well as concert programs, manuscripts, theatre programs, photographs, and other Nebraska memorabilia which features an element of music. You can also listen to a dozen performances of selections from this music collection performed by local musicians.
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.
Throwback Thursday: 16th Street from Harney Street, Omaha
Take a walk on the town this #ThrowbackThursday!
This 14 x 9 cm color postcard has a birds-eye view looking north along 16th Street from Harney Street, in Omaha, Nebraska. The large building in the upper left is the New York Life Building at the northeast corner of 17th & Farnam. The conical topped building on the right hand side of the street is the Paxton Block at the northeast corner of 16th & Farnam. A sign for the Schlitz Cafe and Hotel is also seen on the building at the northwest corner of 16th & Harney. At the far end of 16th street on the west side is the clock tower for the old post office building. The image was probably taken from the sixteen story City National Bank building built on the southeast corner of 16th & Harney. There are several pedestrians and early model cars seen.
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!
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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Tagged Omaha, Omaha Public Library, Throwback Thursday
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