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Don’t let the skeleton spook you, it’s just #ThrowbackThursday!

This week’s highlight is a 9 1/2″ x 7 1/2″black and white photographic print. Identified by a note on the back, it shows a classroom for student nurses in the 3rd hospital of the Immanuel Deaconess Institute. A blackboard appears across the front wall, with the left portion being covered by a roll down chart illustrating the front and back views of a human figure’s musculature. An instructor’s desk and chair on a low riser appear in the front center of the room, and on the right is a human skeleton is suspended from a freestanding armature.

This image is published and owned by the Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center, located in Bellevue, Nebraska. They have a mission to preserve, collect, display, and document objects and records related to the history of Sarpy County. Its rich and well documented history is shown in the images of early buildings, people and artifacts. An archive of thousands of photos, papers and items has been maintained over 120 years, carefully stored and currently housed at the Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center campus.

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.