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Category Archives: Nebraska Memories
Throwback Thursday: Inside Nelson & Company Post Office and Store
Got any errands to run this #ThrowbackThursday?
This 6″ x 4″ black and white photograph shows four men inside a store in Potter, Nebraska. Counters and shelves stocked with merchandise line each side of the single aisle. The floor and ceiling are covered with wooden planks. At the rear of the store, a wood stove sits in front of a bank of mailboxes and the post office window. Standing by the stove is Jake Woten, an early postmaster in Potter. Behind the counter, front to back, are: Fred Nelson, postmaster; and his brothers Joe and Emil Nelson. In the far back right corner, a ladder-type staircase rises to the second floor, and a over the door next to the staircase a sign advertises: “Snider’s pork and beans with tomato sauce”. This building now houses the Potter Museum.
This image is published and owned by the Cheyenne County Historical Society and Museum, located in Sidney, Nebraska. Their collection holds many historical photographs of people and places in Sidney, Fort Sidney, Potter, Dalton, and other communities and sites in the 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: Christmas Card with Picture of Charles B. Washington & Tony Brown
Happy Black History Month #ThrowbackThursday!
The inside of this 5-1/2″x8-1/2″ 1974 Christmas greeting card has a color photograph of Tony Brown presenting the Fredrick Douglass Liberation Award to Charles B. Washington. Washington is holding the award as Brown shakes his hand. Written inside is:
Joy for me in 1974 was receiving the Frederick Douglass Liberation Award for “truth and excellence in communications” from the Howard University School of Communications by “providing spirit and substance to a thrust for relevant Black programming in his role as television host for the weekly ‘Omaha, Can We Do?’ program” over WOW-TV.
Charles B. Washington
Picture above shows Howard Communications School Dean Tony Brown (right) making award presentation to me at Washington, D.C. banquet.
This image is published and owned by the Omaha Public Library, who’s collection includes early Omaha-related maps dating from 1825 to 1922, as well as over 1,100 postcards and photographs of the Omaha area, as well as the Charles B. Washington Collection which is comprised of items relating to the life of Washington, a local civil rights activist.
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: J. F. Rosenfield Peony Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska on Lincoln Highway
Have you already picked out flowers for your Valentine this #ThrowbackThursday?
This 13.5 x 8.5 cm color postcard from around 1914-1920 pictures a view of a woman standing in the middle of rows of pink, white and red peony bushes holding a red bouquet. The postcard reads “J. F. Rosenfield Peony Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska, on Lincoln Highway” on the top left side of the postcard.
This nursery, was located just outside the Omaha city limits at 77th street and the Old Lincoln Highway, the current 77th & Cass Street. People would drive from all over the country to view the flowers. Omaha’s Peony Park, located across the street, took its name from the gardens. The Lincoln Highway, running past, was the first highway across America linking the Atlantic to the Pacific and in 1913 the route through Nebraska was announced. Lincoln Highway followed Dodge Street until about 76th Street when it veered to the northwest toward 78th & Cass past these gardens. Source: Omaha Public Library Omaha History Clipping File-Peony Park.
The card is not addressed, stamped, or postmarked but does read:
J.F. Rosenfield Poeny Gardens
This charming garden spot was established in 1884 by the present owner. It contains now twenty-five acres of peonies in several hundred of the world’s very choicest varieties. Blooming season extends from middle of May throughout June. They are at their best the first half of June. The grounds are open to the public.
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: Adah May
It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday!
This 4″x6″ glass plate negative, dated 3/11/1910, is a full-figure portrait of child Adah May sitting in a baby carriage. She is wearing a long-sleeved sweater with large white collar and a white cap that ties under the chin. The child is seated on a long-haired fur blanket that covers her legs. Adah J. May was born in Nebraska in 1908, the daughter of Edwin & Jeanette May. According to the 1910 census, her father was a traveling salesman and her grandparents ran a hotel in David City and according to the 1920 census the family was living in Beatrice, Nebraska, where her parents ran a hotel.
This image is published as part of the Boston Studio Project collection, and is owned by both them and the Thorpe Opera House Foundation. The Boston Studio Collection consists of over 68,000 negatives that record life in and around David City, Nebraska from 1893 to 1979.
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: Fremont Public Library
Consider visiting your library this #ThrowbackThursday!
This week we have a black and white, real photograph post card of the 1903 Fremont Public Library, dated 1910. “Fremont Public Library” is cut in stone above the entry and a portion of the lettering may be seen. The building was built in 1902-1903 for $15,000. Featured interior details include quarter-sawed oak trim, marble entry walls and a tiled entry floor. The building was eventually razed some time after the library contents were moved to the newly constructed Keene Memorial Library in 1971.
This image is owned by the Dodge County Historical Society, and published by Keene Memorial Library. Both are located in Fremont, Nebraska, and they worked as partners to digitize and describe content owned by the historical society. The collection of photographs documents life in Fremont in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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: “A Lantern in Her Hand” Quilt
Make sure you’re staying bundled up this #ThrowbackThursday!
This photograph shows a handmade patchwork quilt depicting images from the novel, A Lantern in Her Hand including a string of pearls and the box used to carry the McKenzie family treasures as the family moved West. The title and some musical notes are embroidered across the top.
The quilt was made in 1988 by a group of quilters from the Elmwood area to be raffled as a fund-raiser for the Aldrich Foundation. The quilt is in a bedroom of the Bess Streeter Aldrich House in Elmwood, Nebraska. The bedroom has been named after the Aldrich novel A Lantern in Her Hand and in addition to the quilt contains a collection of lanterns and reproductions of items described in the novel. The bedroom was shared by the oldest Aldrich son, Charles, and youngest son, Robert, when the Aldrich family lived in the home.
This image is published and owned by the Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation. All items in their collection are on display at the Bess Streeter Aldrich House and the Bess Streeter Aldrich Museum in Elmwood, Nebraska
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: Great Cathedral Choir in the State Capitol
Do you hear the music #ThrowbackThursday?
Taken around 1925, this photograph shows the Great Cathedral Choir with director John Roseborough on a staircase in the Nebraska State Capitol. The choir was organized by him in 1919.
This image 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: Exterior View of Brick House
Are you staying warm this #ThrowbackThursday?
This 3-5/8″ x 4-3/4″ black and white acetate negative is dated around 1935-1945 and shows an exterior view of a one-story, cross-gabled brick house. The house has a garage underneath part of the first floor, and there are retaining walls on each side of the driveway leading up to the garage. A tree stands in front of the house, and there is snow on the ground. This house is located at 812 N. 38th Street in Omaha, Nebraska.
This image is published and owned by the The Durham Museum. The William Wentworth Collection at The Durham Museum consists of 4663 negatives of images that document life in Omaha, Nebraska from 1934 through 1950. William Wentworth worked as both a freelancer and a commercial photographer, providing a unique view of architecture, businesses, and community life in Omaha.
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: Party at Elks Club
Happy New Year #ThrowbackThursday!
Dated November 1, 1937, men and women are gathered in a large group inside an Elks Club building in this 8″ x 10″ black and white acetate negative. There are streamers strung from the ceiling and some on the wooden floor. Some of the partygoers are wearing masks, while others have party hats. This image was taken for Safeway Stores.
This image is published and owned by the The Durham Museum. The William Wentworth Collection at The Durham Museum consists of 4663 negatives of images that document life in Omaha, Nebraska from 1934 through 1950. William Wentworth worked as both a freelancer and a commercial photographer, providing a unique view of architecture, businesses, and community life in Omaha.
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: Robert S. Somers Residence Christmas Tree
Happy Holidays #ThrowbackThursday!
The center of this image at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Somers, 1015 North Somers Avenue, is the Christmas tree and the two small boys posed beneath its branches. The tree lights are wax candles in tin holders with ball weights for counter balance. Ornaments of German blown glass and paper or pasteboard are scattered throughout the branches. Discernable shapes include a fish, a crescent moon and a mandolin. The small child at the right of the image is Lester A. Somers and his movement has slightly blurred a wheeled toy. The child on the right is unidentified. A marble fireplace front and the cast iron grate are partially visible. This photograph is dated around 1901-1902.
This image is owned by the Dodge County Historical Society, and published by Keene Memorial Library. Both are located in Fremont, Nebraska, and they worked as partners to digitize and describe content owned by the historical society. The collection of photographs documents life in Fremont in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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: Woman Shopping
Have you finished your holiday shopping #ThrowbackThursday?
The interior of a department store filled with a crowd of women can be seen in this 3-5/8″ x 4-3/4″ black and white acetate negative. Dated 9/29/1938, a display counter with merchandise can be seen on the floor, along with a filing cabinet with floral arrangements on top of it.
This image is published and owned by the The Durham Museum. The William Wentworth Collection at The Durham Museum consists of 4663 negatives of images that document life in Omaha, Nebraska from 1934 through 1950. William Wentworth worked as both a freelancer and a commercial photographer, providing a unique view of architecture, businesses, and community life in Omaha.
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: Bird in a Cage
Happy #ThrowbackThursday!
A bird in a cage is sitting on top of a display of Geisler’s bird seed in this 3″ x 5″ black and white acetate negative. A sign on the birdcage reads: “Geisler’s Authoritative Bird Foods”. This image was taken for Geisler Max Bird Company, located at 113 N. 16th Street in Omaha, Nebraska.
This image is published and owned by the The Durham Museum. The William Wentworth Collection at The Durham Museum consists of 4663 negatives of images that document life in Omaha, Nebraska from 1934 through 1950. William Wentworth worked as both a freelancer and a commercial photographer, providing a unique view of architecture, businesses, and community life in Omaha.
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: Mr. and Mrs. Oren Thayer
Put on your winter coats this #ThrowbackThursday!
This 4″x6″ glass plate negative is full figure portrait photograph of Oren and Tinnie Thayer, from David City, Nebraska. Oren is wearing a three-piece suit with white shirt and knotted tie, a long-haired full-length fur coat with wide collar and a wide-brimmed, felt hat. Tinnie is dressed in a floor-length skirt and white stand-collar blouse, ankle-length, dark wool overcoat with bodice embroidery and wide cuffs on the gathered sleeves with a dark fur collar and fur scarf, wide-brimmed hat with ostrich feather and ribbon trim and black leather gloves, holding a box-style purse.
Oren Mortimer Thayer was born December 4, 1855, in Winnebago, Illinois, to Elbridge & Mary Thayer. He married Mary “Polly” Farrell about 1876. They were divorced about 1905. Oren married Tinnie Belle Van Matre, December 12, 1906, in Schuyler, Nebraska. The photograph is probably their wedding picture. Tinnie was born January 21, 1873 in Illinois. Oren died October 29, 1932, in Dawson County, Nebraska, and Tinnie died January 21, 1934, in Kearney, Nebraska. They are both buried in the David City Cemetery.
This image is published as part of the Boston Studio Project collection, and is owned by both them and the Thorpe Opera House Foundation. The Boston Studio Collection consists of over 68,000 negatives that record life in and around David City, Nebraska from 1893 to 1979.
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: Family in Shop
Happy Thanksgiving #ThrowbackThursday!
This postcard shows a black and white photograph of a family standing in a general store or butcher shop. There are sausages and cuts of meat hanging on the walls. The man and woman both wear aprons and stand behind a counter with a large scale on it, weighing a turkey, while two children stand in front of the counter.
This image is published and owned by the 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: Sioux Indian Museum Interior
Let’s celebrate Native American Heritage Month this #ThrowbackThursday!
This composite of two black and white photographs shows the interior of the Sioux Indian Museum. Both photographs show a room with glass showcases on the floor and wooden display cases along the walls. Animal heads hang on one of the walls of the room. The top photograph was taken with the camera facing the back wall of the room, while the bottom photograph was taken facing a corner of the room. The Sioux Indian Museum was located in Rapid City, South Dakota. It housed John Anderson’s collection of Native American items.
This image is published and owned by the 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: Jack Best
Lets look back on history this #ThrowbackThursday!
This 8″ x 10″ glass plate negative photograph is of Jack Best in 1921. He’s wearing a University of Nebraska letter sweater with “N 1888” sewn on it. Jack Best was born and raised in England, where he boxed for a time under the name “Jimmie Grimes.” In the late 1880’s, he and his family moved to Nebraska. He started work as a tanner but eventually became an athletic trainer at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
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.
Throwback Thursday: Eda Nelson Holding a Cat
We’re back with another #ThrowbackThursday!
This black and white photograph is on a postcard. It pictures Eda Nelson, the niece of the photographer John Nelson. She’s wearing a light colored dress and two ribbons in her hair, and is holding a small cat in her arms. This photo was taken around 1911 – 1915.
This image is published and owned by the History Nebraska. 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: Palm Reader Tent
Embrace the spooky and mysterious this #ThrowbackThursday Halloween!
This black and white photograph is on a postcard, dated around 1907-1917, picturing a palm reader’s tent at a fair. A sign on the tent reads: “Madam Seero: Temple of Palmistry”. Men and women stand around outside the tent and a woman in costume stands in the entry to the tent.
This image is published and owned by the 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: Nebraska Corn
Have you been to a corn maze this season #ThrowbackThursday?
This black and white stereoscopic photograph is on a postcard, and pictures a close-up of ears of corn. Information printed on item: 506 Nebraska Corn, 1905; John Nelson, Commercial Photographer, Ericson, Neb. U.S.A.
This image is published and owned by the History Nebraska. 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: Chief American Horse (Wasicu Tasunke)
We’re celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day this #ThrowbackThursday!
This black and white studio photograph shows Chief American Horse (Wasicu Tasunke) wearing an animal skin shirt and a feathered headdress. He wears both a presidential peace medal and a bear claw necklace around his neck. The photograph was taken at the Rosebud Reservation. During the Ghost Dance Uprising of 1890, American Horse tried to diffuse confrontations between Native Americans and whites. In 1891, he led a delegation of Sioux chiefs to Washington, D.C., to try to bring about better treatment of his people. The Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation is located nine miles north of Valentine, Nebraska, in South Dakota.
This image is published and owned by the History Nebraska. 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.
