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Throwback Thursday: Wood Carving of the Last Supper

We’re back with another #ThrowbackThursday! This 10″ x 8″ black and white photograph features a wood carving by Anton Lang above the altar at the Immanuel Chapel at the Immanuel Deaconess Institute....

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Throwback Thursday: Brian Canyon

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This 4″ x 6″ black and white photograph shows Brian Canyon. It is located six miles south of Crawford, Nebraska. This image is published by Crawford...

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Throwback Thursday: My Soldier

Memorial Day is approaching and we honor those who served our country with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday. This week, we have sheet music of a World War I song written in 1917 by Nebraska musician...

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Throwback Thursday: Group of Sioux in War Paint

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s image features a group of Sioux Indian men and women dressed in native costume. This was taken by J. A. Anderson at the Rosebud Sioux...

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Throwback Thursday: “Mark Twain”

All aboard for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! This week, we have a 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inch black and white photograph from 1935 of “Mark Twain” the diesel train at the McCook C.B.&Q. Railroad station....

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Throwback Thursday: Production Discussion of “The Country Girl”

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s image features a group of six sitting around a table at the Omaha Community Playhouse. This group, including Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, and...

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Throwback Thursday: Line for the slide

It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week we have a 3″ x 4 3/4″ black and white photograph from 1970 of children playing on the playground at the Nebraska Children’s Home...

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Throwback Thursday: War Bonnet Canyon

We’re back with another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a color postcard of War Bonnet Canyon. This is located northwest of Crawford, Nebraska in Sioux County. This image...

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Throwback Thursday: Construction on Nebraska State Capitol

This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is going all the way back to 1925! The Nebraska State Capitol building is located at 1445 K Street in Lincoln, Nebraska. Construction started on the third capitol...

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Throwback Thursday: United State Liberty Bell Train

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5 x 7 black and white photograph print of the Liberty Bell on a railroad car stopped in McCook in July of 1909. The Liberty Bell...

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Throwback Thursday: York Public Square

It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s image is from the early 1900s and features the public square of York, Nebraska. The photograph was taken by John Nelson and is owned...

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Throwback Thursday: Friends at the Playground

It’s Thursday and that means another #Throwback from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 4 3/4″ x 3″ color photograph of five children at the Nebraska Children’s Home Society in 1969. Many...

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Throwback Thursday: Movie Advertising

It’s Thursday and you know what that means…#Throwback! In this black and white acetate negative, five men are wearing sandwich board signs outside the Orpheum Theatre to advertise Ginger Rogers in the...

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Throwback Thursday: Brown Park School

A new school year is almost here and we’re celebrating with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! Brown Park School, located at 19th and U Streets opened in 1892. It became part of the Omaha Public School...

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Throwback Thursday: Birds Eye View, O Street

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have an early 1900s colored 14 x 9 cm postcard of O Street in Lincoln, Nebraska. Alphabetical and numerical streets intersect in downtown...

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Throwback Thursday: Nebraska Football Team, 1897

Nebraska football returns this weekend and we’re celebrating with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! This week’s #Throwback features the studio portrait of the 1897 University of Nebraska football team....

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Throwback Thursday: Brower & Dietrick D

It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! Brower & Dietrick was the second drugstore in Crawford, Nebraska. It was built in 1887 and demolished in 1892. This image is owned and...

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Throwback Thursday: Men Wearing Ladies’ Hats

It’s Thursday and you know what that means…#Throwback! This week, we have an early 1900s postcard of two men wearing women’s hats, smoking pipes, and holding hands. This image was taken by John Nelson...

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Throwback Thursday: Chief Red Cloud and His Wife

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5″ x 8″ black and white photograph of Lakota Sioux chief Red Cloud and his wife, Mary Red Cloud. This photograph was taken at the...

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Throwback Thursday: Pavilion, Riverview Park

We’re welcoming the new fall season with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! This week, we have a 13.5 x 8.5 cm color postcard. The pavilion featured in this postcard is located in Riverview Park in...

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