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Throwback Thursday: Omaha’s Municipal Christmas Tree
This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is full of Christmas spirit! This black and white postcard is owned and published by Omaha Public Library. Items in this collection include early Omaha-related maps, as...
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Throwback Thursday: View Looking Toward Union Depot
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s image features a view looking through fog and steam toward the Union train depot as seen from the Pacific Bridge in Omaha, Nebraska. It was...
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Throwback Thursday: Bird Hunt
It’s Thursday and that means…#THROWBACK! This week, we have an early 1900’s black and white photograph on a postcard of a hunter with his dog shooting at pheasants. This image was created by John...
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Throwback Thursday: Beatrice State Developmental Center
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 9.5″ x 6.5″ black and white photograph showing the grounds of the Beatrice State Developmental Center (BSDC). This image from 1981...
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Throwback Thursday: Mary Egging #1 Discovery Well
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ postcard featuring the first oil producing well in Cheyenne County. Oil companies had drilled since 1915 without...
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Throwback Thursday: Love Songs
Valentine’s Day is coming up and if you’re looking for a unique way to express your love to your special someone, this week’s #ThrowbackThursday can help! We’re featuring a couple of Nebraska love...
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Throwback Thursday: Boswell Observatory
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! The Boswell Observatory was built in 1883 and was named after Charles Boswell of Connecticut, whose stepson taught at Doane. Boswell donated $5,000 for...
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Throwback Thursday: 1937 David City High School Football Team
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have an 8″x10″ nitrate negative, full figure portrait photograph of the 1937 David City High School football team, David City, Nebraska....
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Throwback Thursday: WPA Water Diversion Project
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s image documents the Works Progress Administration construction of the Keystone Diversion Dam and the Sutherland Canal and Reservoir...
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Throwback Thursday: Shrine Circus Trip
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! On March 29, 1946, Fairmont school students traveled over 60 miles in the back of these trucks to see the Shrine Circus and to visit the State Capitol...
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Throwback Thursday: Syndicate Park, South Omaha, Neb.
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a color postcard of Syndicate Park, South Omaha, Nebraska. Originally laid out by the South Omaha land Company in 1884, the park...
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Throwback Thursday: Flood Scene, March 30. 1912
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! 110 years ago, water from the Platte and Elkhorn Rivers flooded into Valley, Nebraska. Flood waters covered the streets and extended to houses....
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Throwback Thursday: Library at Walnut Hill School
Happy #Throwback Thursday from Nebraska Memories! April is #SchoolLibraryMonth and we’re celebrating by highlighting some school libraries featured on the Nebraska Memories archive! This week, we have...
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Throwback Thursday: Studying in the Library
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! We’re celebrating #SchoolLibraryMonth by featuring some of the school libraries you can find on the Nebraska Memories archive! This week, we...
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Throwback Thursday: Omaha High School Library
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! The month of April is #SchoolLibraryMonth and we’re celebrating by highlighting some school libraries featured on the Nebraska Memories archive! This...
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Throwback Thursday: General Library
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! We’re celebrating #SchoolLibraryMonth by featuring some of the school libraries you can find on the Nebraska Memories archive! This week, we...
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Throwback Thursday: David City Memorial Park Entrance
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5″ x 7″ nitrate negative of Memorial Park in David City, Nebraska. The entrance of this park is met with concrete markers...
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Throwback Thursday: Bluffs of Niobrara River
It’s Thursday and that means it’s time for a #Throwback! For this week’s #ThrowbackThursday, we’re featuring a color postcard of an artist’s rendering entitled “Bluff of Niobrara River, Valentine,...
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Throwback Thursday: Court House Rock
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5 1/2″ x 3 3/8″ black and white photographic postcard featuring two rock formations: Courthouse Rock on the right and Jail Rock on...
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Throwback Thursday: 1921 Freight Train Wreck – Benkelman, NE
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This 3 x 5 black and white photograph shows destroyed freight cars from a derailed freight train at the train station in Benkelman, Nebraska....
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