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Throwback Thursday: Lincoln Traction Company Streetcar
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s #throwback features a Lincoln Traction Company streetcar. Streetcars ran between Lincoln and College View from August 1891 until...
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Throwback Thursday: Bandstand
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a black and white photograph from the early 1900s of a celebration in Neligh, Nebraska. In this image, you can see men and woman...
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Throwback Thursday: The Annex, Krug Park
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 14 x 9 cm color postcard with a view of the Annex in Krug Park. Located at what is now 52nd and Maple Street, Krug Park...
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Throwback Thursday: Track Team Castelar School
It’s Thursday and you know what that means…#Throwback! This week, we have a team portrait of the track team at Castelar School. In June of 1912, this team competed in the first Omaha Public School...
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Throwback Thursday: Engine Number 3196
All aboard! We’ve got another #ThrowbackThursday coming your way! This week’s #throwback features a 5″ x 8″ black and white photograph of Engine Number 3196 of the C.B.&Q. Railroad. This engine...
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Throwback Thursday: Crawford, NE 1887
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 6″ x 9″ black and white photograph of Crawford, Nebraska in 1887. This image is owned by the Crawford Historical Society and...
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Throwback Thursday: G. A. R. Monument
It’s Thursday and you know what that means…#Throwback! This week’s #ThrowbackThursday features an early 1900s color postcard of the Grand Army of the Republic Civil War monument and grave stones in...
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Throwback Thursday: Preparing a Turkey
Happy Thanksgiving and #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 3-5/8″ x 4-3/4″ black and white acetate negative. It features two women in a kitchen preparing a turkey. This...
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Throwback Thursday: First National Bank Building
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This 6-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ black and white photograph shows an eight-story brick building on the southeast corner of 10th and O streets in Lincoln,...
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Throwback Thursday: Christmas Sheet Music
We’re getting in the Christmas spirit with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! “Christmas Bells” and “It Is Christmas Again” are two songs written by Flora Bullock. Ms. Bullock was part of the English...
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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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