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....
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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....
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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....
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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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