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Tag Archives: Black and White Photograph
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: 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: 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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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: History Club
Let’s dive into history this #ThrowbackThursday!
This 5-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ black and white photograph from 1916 shows the History Club posed in a classroom in the Administration Building, Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney. Third from left, back row, is Professor C.L. Anderson.
This image is published and owned by the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Archives, Calvin T. Ryan Library. Their collection includes images that show faculty, students, buildings and activities from the first dozen years of the school’s existence.
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: Children’s Room, Kearney Public Library
Happy National Library Week #ThrowbackThursday!
This 9.5″ x 7.5″ black and white photograph of the children’s room of the Kearney Public Library shows model sailing ships sitting on top of bookcases, tables with built-in lamps, and view of circulation desk. Library building was funded by Carnegie, and completed in 1904.
This image is published and owned 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: C.P. Coy & Co. Seed House
It’s a corny #ThrowbackThursday!
In this 5-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ black and white photograph, “C.P. Coy Son & Co. Wholesale Seeds – Sweet, Flint & Dent Corn” is painted on the front of a three-story wood frame building next to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. A St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad freight car sits at the side of the building. Printed on the photograph is: “No. 11, C.P. Coy & Co seed house, Valley, Nebr.”
The Coy Seed House was an important industry for Valley, Nebraska. The building built in 1903 was one of the largest seed houses in the country. Many kinds of seeds were packaged and sold around the country, including beans, corn and pumpkin. The seed packets were sold in hardware stores, grocery stores and nurseries. In later years, the building became the Midwest Popcorn Company. In 1947, it was destroyed by fire.
This image is published and owned by the Valley Public Library. The Friends of the Valley Public Library, Valley, Nebraska, have digitized and described a collection of photographs depicting businesses and members of the local population between the late 1800s and 1900s in Valley.
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: Bandstand in Hanscom Park
Enjoy the sunshine this #ThrowbackThursday!
Dated around 1907, this black and white photograph pictures a portable bandstand that has been assembled on the grass at Hanscom Park, located at 3201 Woolworth Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska. The bandstand has wheels underneath, so that it can be transported easily. There are chairs and lamps on the surface of the bandstand. Many trees can be seen in the background
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: 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: 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: 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 Federal Writers’ Project Workers
Take note, it’s #ThrowbackThursday!
This is a 5″ x 7″ black and white photograph of a group portrait of Works Progress Administration Nebraska Federal Writers’ Project workers, made in August, 1937 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Pictured from left to right in the back row are: Fred Christensen, Arthur Bukin, Judson Miner, Glen Miller, Margaret Lund, Ethel Schaible, Lelia Hallock, Weldon Kees, Norris Getty, Robert Carlson, Rudolph Umland, Allen Kennedy, Mrs. McNulty, Dale Smith, Dorothy Kasselbaum, and Lavicia Langley. Pictured from left to right in the front row are: Elaine Barret, Margaret Killian, Corrine Larrimore, J. Harris Gable, and Eunice Jennings.
This image is published and owned by the Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors. The collection of the Heritage Room at Lincoln City Libraries includes digitized items from the Rudolph Umland Papers relating to the Nebraska Federal Writers’ Project. Umland served as an editor and from 1936-1941, as Assistant State Director of the WPA’s Nebraska Federal Writers’ Project.
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: McKinley Kindergarten Class
School is back in session this #ThrowbackThursday!
A group of kindergarteners and two female teachers from McKinley School are posing on a porch in this 6-3/4″ x 4-3/4″ black and white photograph from around 1900-1915. McKinley School was located at 230 S. 15th Street in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1902 to 1927. It was used as an elementary school until 1915 when it became a “special school with grades 1-9 with prevocational and evening classes.”
This image is published and owned by Lincoln Public Schools. Over the past 15 years, the Library Media Services Department has made a deliberate attempt to collect, preserve, and archive the history of Lincoln public schools and make various items available to the staff and also the public.
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: Dr. Frank Brewster’s Last Airplane
This #ThrowbackThursday is soaring through the skies!
A propeller-powered airplane stands on a grassy field in front of a hangar in this 9″ x 7″ black and white photograph. Dr. Orwall of Brewster Clinic stands in the cockpit, Dr. Frank Brewster stands on the plane’s wing, and Verna Brewster stands on the ground with a suitcase next to her. This four-seater Ryan-Navion was Dr. Brewster’s last airplane. He gave up his flying practice in 1937, but in 1943, he went to Yankton, South Dakota, to learn to fly at age 71.
This image is published by the Holdrege Area Public Library and owned by the Phelps County Historical Society who partnered together to digitize a collection of images portraying the history of Phelps County since the mid 1880’s.
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: Dog Walking on Tight Rope
Gather ‘round for this #ThrowbackThursday!
This black and white photograph postcard is from around 1907-1917. It shows a crowd of people standing around a stage, watching a dog walking across a tightrope suspended from a frame and placed over a stage set up on a city street. A man on the stage stands below the dog, looking up as it crosses.
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.
