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Throwback Thursday: Omaha Boulevard, South West, Omaha, Nebraska.
Picture postcard of Omaha Boulevard, South West, Omaha, Nebraska. Approximate date the early 1900s. Visit Nebraska Memories to search for or browse through many more historical images digitized...
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Throwback Thursday: 1951 Halloween Party
NLC is getting all geared up for Halloween with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! Photograph of children and teenagers at a Halloween party for the Nebraska Children’s Home Society in 1951. Photo...
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Throwback Thursday: Nebraska Veterans
NLC is proud to honor Nebraska’s many Veterans with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday. This week we have an 8″x10″ glass plate negative of Lieutenant M.J. Coulter and bomber crew, taken December 6th,...
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Throwback Thursday: Old Style Threshing Outfit
It’s a tribute to the harvest season with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! This week we have a 1907-1917 black and white photograph on a postcard. It depicts a group of men threshing wheat with horses...
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Throwback Thursday: Football game near Old Main
Happy Thanksgiving! Let’s celebrate with a 1907 Thanksgiving #ThrowbackThursday! Back in 1907, fans and spectators gathered to watch Nebraska State Normal School (NSNS) at Kearney play Doane College in...
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Throwback Thursday: Frazier Cycle Company, Christmas Window Display
A #ThrowbackThursday all dressed up for the holidays! Who doesn’t love a good window display, especially around the holidays? This week’s #ThrowbackThursday post pays homage to just that. In the winter...
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Throwback Thursday: Santa Claus distributing presents to children
Happy Holidays from #ThrowbackThursday! This week we get to highlight a man who did so much for a community they named a library after him. In our humble opinion that’s quite the honor. This week’s...
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Throwback Thursday: Interior of a Telephone Office
Listen up! We’ve got a new #ThrowbackThursday for you! Located at 325 6th Avenue, the telephone exchange owned by the Nebraska Telephone Company was established in Fairmont in 1882. By 1884, 30...
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Throwback Thursday: Nebraska Wesleyan University 1889, Old Main
This week’s #ThrowbackThursday takes a look at Nebraska’s higher education! This black and white photograph, 9 3/4″ X 7 3/4″, of the north and west side of Old Main, comes from the Nebraska Wesleyan...
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Throwback Thursday: Sam Kills Two
#ThrowbackThursday takes a look at what’s inside the Nebraska State Historical Society collection today. Sam Kills Two, also known as Beads, works on his Winter Count, a historical calendar with...
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Throwback Thursday: John Ellis Album
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories. We’re changing it up a little this week to showcase the wide variety of documents in the Nebraska Memories archive. While photographs are visually...
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Throwback Thursday: Florence School Bus
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories. As children all over Nebraska are finishing up the school year we thought this throwback to 1931 was perfect. School buses have changed a little in the...
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Throwback Thursday: United States Liberty Bell Train
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories. With Memorial Day just around the corner, we thought this photograph would be a good way to start the weekend. This 5 X 7, black and white photograph,...
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Throwback Thursday: Queen of the College World Series
Check out this week’s #ThrowbackThursday from the Nebraska Memories Archive. This black and white photograph shows Dorothy Gredstrom being crowned the School of Nursing Seniors Queen of the College...
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Throwback Thursday: Easter Egg Hunt
This Sunday is Easter and for a lot of people that means celebrating with an Easter egg hunt! This black and white photo shows about a dozen children and several adult volunteers standing in a park...
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Throwback Thursday: Balloon School
Did you know that there used to be a balloon school in Nebraska? This black and white lantern slide shows the balloon house at Fort Omaha. During World War I, Fort Omaha became the nation’s center for...
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Throwback Thursday: Graduation
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from the Nebraska Memories archive! For some, the month of May marks an important milestone – graduation! Congratulations to all who are graduating this year and best wishes...
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Throwback Thursday
All smiles for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! This week’s photos are courtesy of The Durham Museum. Check out this collection and many more on the Nebraska Memories archive. Nebraska Memories is a...
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Throwback Thursday: Lincoln Fire Department
Check out this week’s #ThrowbackThursday from the Nebraska Memories archive. This 8″x10″ glass plate negative shows the interior view of a Lincoln Fire Department around the early 1900s. Harnesses are...
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ThrowbackThursday: “Little Gold Star”
NLC remembers those who died in service to our country with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday. This week we have sheet music of World War I. “Little Gold Star” was written by Will M. Maupin and J. A....
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